FROM    THE   LIBRARY   OF 


REV.    LOUIS    FITZGERALD    BENSON,   D.  D. 


BEQUEATHED    BY   HIM   TO 


THE    LIBRARY   OF 


PRINCETON    THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY 


Section      vC&Ka  7 


II  Y       \  S 


- 


THE  IIMDETCSOS  INSTITUTE. 


COMl'ILKD    BY 


A.   E.   SLOAN,  Principal. 


; 


BOSTON: 

CROSBY,    NICHOLS,    LEE    &    CO., 

117  Washington  Street. 

1860. 


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University  Press,  Cambridge  : 
Printed  by  Welch,  Bigelow,  and  Company. 


CONTEXTS 


The  Seasons  .... 

Morning  and  Evening     . 
Adoration  and  Praise 
M  i  rBSTT  of  God 
The  Holy  Scriptures 
Thanksgiving  and  Praise 
Prayer  for  Divine  Guidance  . 
Early  Instruction  and  Piety 
Christ  the  Saviour  of  Sinners 
Trust  in  God     . 
Advent  of  Christ 
Invitations  and  Entreaties 
Repentance    .... 
Meekness  and  Humility 

Love 

Fidelity      .... 
Forgiveness    .... 
Self-Examination 
Prater    


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IV  CONTENTS. 

AsriRATioxs         .......  301 

Lord's  Day 316 

Heaven 327 

Conscience 332 

Call  to  Labor 335 

The  Grace  of  Giving 338 

Time  and  Eternity 343 

Missionary 362 

National 367 

Occasional 372 

Parting 386 

Doxologies 392 


INDEX   OF    FIRST   LINES. 


A  charge  to  keep  I  have 315 

After  life's  eventful  mission 417 

Again,  from  calm  and  sweet  repose 27 

Again  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 383 

Alas,  what  hourly  dangers  rise 171 

All  around  us,  fair  with  flowers 405 

All  earthly  charms,  however  dear 354 

All  hail,  the  great  Immanuel's  name 240 

All-powerful,  self-existent  God 112 

Almighty  God,  in  humble  prayer 116 

Almighty  Maker,  God 118 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross 232 

And  dost  thou  say,  "  A>k  what  thou  wilt  ?  "      ....  123 

And  is  the  gospel  peace  and  love 245 

And  now,  my  soul,  another  year 22 

Another  day  of  life  is  gone 46 

Another  fleeting  day  is  gone 65 

Another  six  days'  work  is  done 394 

Arise,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise 52 

Al  flows  the  rapid  river 425 

As  the  sun's  enlivening  eye 462 

At  the  golden  rise  of  day 35 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song 238 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 407 

Awake,  my  soul,  in  joyful  lays 85 

Awake,  my  soul,  lift  up  thine  eyes 264 

Awake,  my  tongue,  thy  tribute  bring 127 

Awake,  our  souls  !  away,  our  fears  ! 253 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne 110 

Before  thy  mercy's  throne 348 

b 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES 


Before  we  close  our  eyes  each  night 
Begin,  my  soul,  the  exalted  lay 
Behold  a  Stranger  at  the  door 
Behold,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bound 
Behold  !  the  lofty  sky 
Behold  the  morning  sun     . 
Behold,  the  Prince  of  Peace  . 
Behold  the  sun,  how  bright 
Behold  the  throne  of  grace 
Beset  with  snares  on  every  hand 
Bestow,  O  Lord,  upon  our  youth 
Bless,  O  my  soul,  the  living  God 
Blest  are  the  men,  whose  hearts  do  move 
Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart 
Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace    . 
Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Blest  day  of  God  !  most  calm,  most  bright 
Blest  hour  !   when  mortal  man  retires 
Blest  Instructor,  from  thy  ways  . 
Blest  is  the  man  whose  liberal  heart 
Blest  is  the  man  whose  softening  heart 
Blest  work  !  the  youthful  mind  to  win 
Break  forth  in  song,  ye  trees 
By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 


Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God    . 

Can  creatures  to  perfection  find 

Child,  amidst  the  flowers  at  play 

Children  !  in  years  and  knowledge  youn; 

Children  !  listen  to  the  Lord 

Children  of  Christ,  arise   . 

Christian  !  see  !  the  orient  morning    . 

Christian  soldier,  heavenward  pressing 

Christian  soldiers,  wake  to  glory 

Come,  and  let  us  sweetly  join 

Come,  blessed  Spirit,  Source  of  light  . 

Come,  children,  learn  to  fear  the  Lord 

Come,  every  pious  heart 

Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove 

Come  hither,  all  ye  weary  souls 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come  . 

Come,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs  . 


I\  I)  I  X    OF    FIRST    LINES 


Come,  L<>r<]  !  and  warm  each  languid  heart 

Cones  1 1 1 >  soul,  thy  rail  prepare 

Come,  0  my  soul,  in  sacred  lays 

Come  !  >  a  i  <  I  Jesus'  sacred  voice 

<         .  -inner,  to  the  gospel  feast 

Come,  Boand  his  praise  abroad    . 

Coma,  thiMi  almighty  King 

Come  to  the  morning  prayer 

Come,  weary  souls  !  with  sin  distressed 

Come,  ye  that  wish  to  know  t lie  Lord 


Dear  as  thou  wert,  and  justly  dear  . 
Dear  Father,  to  thy  mercy-scat    . 
Dear  is  the  hallowed  mom  to  me     . 
Dear  Refuse  of  my  weary  soul     . 
Death  !  't  is  a  melancholy  day 


Early,  my  God  !  without  delay    . 
Eternal  Source  of  every  joy 
Eternal  Source  of  life  and  thought 
Eternity  is  just  at  hand 


Farewell  !  what  power  of  words  can  tell 
Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone 
Far  from  the  world,  O  Lord  !  I  flee     . 
Far  from  thy  servants,  God  of  grace 
Father  1  adored  in  worlds  above 
Father  and  Friend,  thy  light,  thy  love 
Father  in  heaven,  to  thee  my  heart     . 
Father  of  all  !  in  even,'  age 
Father  of  light  !  conduct  our  feet 
Father  of  lights  I  we  sing  thy  name 
Father  of  me  and  all  mankind 
Father  of  mercies,  —  God  of  love 
Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word    . 
Father  of  our  feeble  race  . 
Father,  once  more  let  grateful  praise 
Father,  thy  paternal  care 
Father,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift 
Father!  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss    . 
Feeble,  helpless,  how  shall  I 
Forgive  thy  foes  ;  nor  that  alone 


356 

117 

142 

983 

331 

306 

390 
3  7 
435 

198 
21 
74 

415 

437 

37  (J 
361 

3-29 
06 

105 
80 
83 

351 
81 
97 

305 

137 

91 


94 
243 
349 


b  INDEX    OF   FIRST    LINES. 

From  earliest  dawn  of  life 192 

From  every  earthly  pleasure 3G6 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains 436 

Gently,  Lord,  O  gently  lead  us 243 

Give  thanks  to  God  —  he  reigns  above 57 

Glory  to  God  on  high 141 

Glory  to  thee,  my  God  !  this  night 47 

God  bless  our  native  land     ........  442 

God  is  a  Spirit  just  and  wise 337 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way  .......  257 

God  of  eternity,  from  thee         . 20 

God  of  love,  we  look  to  thee 325 

God  of  my  life,  my  morning  song 26 

God  of  my  life!  through  all  my  days 1C3 

God  of  my  life,  to  thee  belong 88 

God  of  our  fathers  !  by  whose  hand 170 

God  of  our  life,  thy  various  praise    ......  17 

God  of  the  morning  !  at  thy  voice 23 

God  of  the  ocean,  earth,  and  sky      ......  Ill 

God  of  truth,  and  God  of  love 184 

Go  forth,  my  heart,  and  seek  the  bliss 6 

Gone  are  those  great  and  good 444 

Go,  when  the  morning  shineth 359 

Gracious  God,  our  Heavenly  Father             29 

Gracious  Spirit,  Love  divine  ! 164 

Great  Author  of  all  nature's  frame 131 

Great  Father  of  each  perfect  gift 176 

Great  God  !  and  wilt  thou  condescend 126 

Great  God  !  attend  while  here  we  sing 125 

Great  God  !  how  infinite  art  thou 115 

Great  God,  in  whom  we  live  and  move 2W 

Great  God  !  our  Father  and  our  Friend 1G9 

Great  God,  to  tliee  my  morning  song 25 

Great  God  !  to  thee  our  songs  we  raise 186 

Great  God,  we  sing  thy  mighty  hand 16 

Great  Saviour  !  who  didn  condescend 241 

Great  Source  of  life  and  light 172 

Great  Source  of  unexhausted  good  ! 109 

Guide,  O  Lord,  our  youthful  band 178 

Hail  !  reviving,  joyous  spring 3 


INI)  l.\    01     FIRS!     ! 


Happy  the  children  of  the  Lord  . 
Happy  the  child  w  hot  i  - 

Happy  the  man  whose  eantiooi  Btepe 
Happy  the  meek,  irhoaa  gentle  br< 
Hark  !   from  th.it  glorious  world)  what 
Hark!  lurk!  the  notes  of  joy 
Hark  !  ten  thousand  harps  and  voices      . 
Hark  !  the  glad  sound  !  the  Saviour  comes 
Hark  !  the  little  birdfl  are  ringing    . 
Hark  !  what  celestial  sounds 
Hark  !  what  mean  those  holy  voices 
Hear,  0  -inner!  mercy  hails  you 
Heavenly  Father  !  gracious  name  !  .         . 
Heavenly  Father  !  grant  thy  blessing 
He  died,  as  he  had  lived,  beloved    . 
High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God  ! 
High  in  yonder  realms  (.flight 
Holy  Bible  !  book  divine  !     .         .         .         . 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord        .... 
How  are  thy  servants  blest  !  O  Lord  . 
How  beauteous  are  their  feet    . 
How  beautiful  the  setting  sun 
How  blest  is  he  who  fears  the  Lord 
How  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies 
How  blest  the  sacred  tie  that  binds 
How  dread  are  thine  eternal  years 
How  gentle  God's  commands    . 
How  happy  is  he  born  and  taught 
How  happy  is  the  child  who  hears  . 
How  many  ways  the  young  may  find 
How  oft,  alas  !  this  wretched  heart 
How  precious  is  the  book  divine 
How  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearts 
How  shall  we  praise  thee,  Lord  of  light 
How  sweet,  how  calm,  this  Sabbath  morn 
How  sweet,  how  heavenly  is  the  sight 
How  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound 
How  sweet  to  be  allowed  to  pray 
How  >weet  to  leave  the  world  awhile 
How  vain  is  all  beneath  the  skies 
Hash]  my  dear,  lie  still  and  slumber 
b* 


961 

5 

48 

418 

84 

133 

73 
250 

49 
411 
430 
159 
101 
317 
404 
217 
2  5 
304 
J  34 
138 

51 
387 
331 
297 
313 
357 
429 
455 


10  INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 

I  ask  not  wealth,  nor  pomp,  nor  power 169 

If  solid  happiness  we  prize 352 

I  hear  a  voice  that  comes  from  far 227 

I  lift  my  soul  to  God      .                         316 

I  'm  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord 22] 

In  all  my  vast  concerns  with  thee 106 

Indulgent  God,  whose  bounteous  care 68 

Infinite  leagues  beyond  the  sky 108 

In  Israel's  fane,  by  silent  night 190 

In  life's  gay  morn,  when  sprightly  youth     .        .        .        .        .  2il 

In  sleep's  serene  oblivion  laid  .......  24 

In  the  morning  I  will  pray 28 

In  the  soft  season  of  thy  youth 213 

I  send  the  joys  of  earth  away 339 

I  think,  when  1  read  that  sweet  story  of  old    ....  218 

It  is  the  Lord  who  gives  me  all, 254 

I  want  a  principle  within 335 

I  want  a  true  regard 336 

I  want  the  spirit  of  power  within 182 

Jehovah  !  by  thy  covenant 185 

Jehovah  God  !  thy  gracious  power 132 

Jerusalem  !  my  glorious  home 369 

Jesus  !  and  shall  it  ever  be 226 

Jesus  !  hail  I  enthroned  in  glory 237 

Jesus,  immortal  King,  arise              228 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 235 

Jesus,  the  name  high  over  all 221 

Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  thee 244 

Jesus,  thy  boundless  love  to  me                                 ...  236 

Jesus,  where  in  thy  name  we  meet 229 

Just  as  1  am,  without  one  plea 303 

Let  every  mortal  ear  attend 298 

Let  party  names  no  more 326 

Life  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord 428 

Lift  your  voice  and  joyful  sing 1C0 

Lo  !  God  is  here  ;  let  us  adore 167 

Lord,  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place 143 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 33 

Lord,  I  would  own  thy  tender  care  ....                 .  333 

Lord  of  Hosts,  what  heavenly  bliss 90 


IMH.X    OF    FIRST    LINES 


Lord  of  my  life  !   O,  may  thy  prai.-e 
Lord,  teacfa  us  bow  to  pray  Might 
Lord,  thou  art  good  ;  all  nature  showi     . 
Lord,  thou  basl  Marcbod  and  peon  Be  tan 
Lord,  w  hat  offering  shall  we  hruiLr  . 
Lotd,  when  my  raptured  thought  .-urveys 
Lord,  ir ben  we  bend  before  thy  throne   . 
Lord,  while  foi  all  mankind  we  pray  . 
Lo  !  the  bright,  the  rosy  morning 


Make  us,  hy  thy  transforming  grace 

Man  has  a  soul  of  vast  desires 

May  I  resolve  with  all  my  heart 

Might]  God  !  while  angels  bless  thee 

My  country,  't  is  of  thee    . 

My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord 

My  faith  looks  up  to  thee 

My  Father  bids  me  come 

My  God  !  all  nature  owns  thy  sway 

My  i]oA,  how  endless  is  thy  love 

My  tied,  permit  me  not  to  be    . 

My  C*ih\,  permit  my  tongue  . 

My  God  !  the  spring  of  all  my  joys  . 

My  God,  thou  mak'st  the  sun  to  know 

My  God  !  thy  boundless  love  I  praise 

My  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  right 

My  gracious  Lord,  whose  changeless  love 

My  Maker  and  my  Kins 

My  Saviour,  let  me  hear  thy  voice   . 

My  Shepherd  is  the  living  Lord   . 

My  son,  be  this  thy  simple  plan 

My  son,  know  thou  the  Lord 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee   . 

Nor  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  hath  heard 

No  war  nor  battle's  sound 

Now,  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood 

Now  let  my  soul,  eternal  King 

Now  that  the  sun  is  beaming  bright     . 

Now  the  shades  of  night  are  gone     . 

Now  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song 


1  1 


145 

Ml 

J  0 

443 

4 


3-31 
375 
4U5 
230 
440 
234 
293 

130 
323 
350 
377 
92 
40 
324 
S  9 
146 
SO] 
219 
252 
448 
300 

965 

362 
231 
191 

379 
53 
32 


12  INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 

O  blessed  Saviour,  how  divine 4  47 

O.  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul 9GQ 

O  cease,  my  wandering  soul 271 

O  Christ  !  with  each  returning  morn 31 

O,  could  I  find  from  day  to  day 3G7 

O,  for  a  closer  walk  with  God 3:9 

O  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 177 

O  for  the  death  of  those 421 

O  God,  let  this,  my  morning  song 38 

O,  happy  is  the  man  who  hears 266 

O,  help  us,  Lord  !  each  hour  of  need ]65 

O,  know  ye  not  that  ye     .                 341 

O  Lord,  another  day  has  flown 45 

O  Lord,  I  would  delight  in  thee 258 

O,  may  I  love  at  early  day 60 

O,  may  we  still  maintain 314 

Once  more,  before  we  part 465 

Once  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 43 

Once  more  the  light  of  day  I  see 39 

One  sweet  flower  has  drooped  and  faded         ....  431 

One  there  is,  above  all  others  . 199 

On  thee,  each  morning,  O  my  God 36 

O  sacred  day  of  peace  and  joy     .                 389 

O  Source  of  uncreated  light 187 

O  that  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 370 

O  Thou,  at  whose  dread  name  we  bend 454 

O  Thou  that  hearest  prayer 75 

O  Thou  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry 346 

O  Thou,  to  whom,  in  ancient  time 76 

O  Thou,  to  whose  all-searching  sight      .....  166 

O  Thou,  who  hast  at  thy  command             79 

O  Thou,  whose  power  o'er  moving  worlds  presides       .        .  121 

O  Thou,  whose  tender  mercy  hears 310 

O,  timely  happy,  timely  wise 30 

O,  where  shall  rest  be  found 414 

Our  Father  !  through  the  coming  year 19 

Our  Heavenly  Father  calls 327 

O  Zion,  tune  thy  voice 433 

Part  in  peace  !     Is  day  before  us 463 

People  of  the  living  God 309 

Perpetual  Source  of  light  and  grace 55 


iM'i.x   of   i  hist  l; 


Pilgrim,  baidaned  with  thy  >in    . 

I'm-,  in  drops  of  rare  and  sorrow 

•    ami  thanks  and  cheerful  love    . 

Praise  tiio  Lord,  w dni  reigna  abort  . 

Praise  the  L<>rd  ;  \c  heavens  adore  him 
Praise  to  (Jed,  immortal  praise 
Praise  to  God  \  0  let  us  raise 

\  e  Jehovah's  name 
Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire 
Providence,  profusely  kind      .       . 

Quiet,  Lord  !  my  fruward  heart   . 

Remember  thy  Creator 

Return,  my  roving  heart,  return 

Return,  O  wanderer,  return 

Rise,  my  soul  !  and  stretch  thy  wings 

Saviour !  breathe  an  evening  blessing 
Saviour,  I  thy  word  believe 

imer,  hath  a  voice  within  . 
Scorn  net  the  slightest  word  or  deed 
Searcher  of  Hearts  !  from  mine  erase  . 
See,  another  year  is  gone  ! 
See  how  the  rising  sun 
See  the  leaves  around  us  falling 
Shine  forth,  eternal  Source  of  light 
Shine  on  our  souls,  eternal  God 
Since  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time     . 
Sing  to  the  Lord  most  high 
Sing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
Sinner  !  art  thou  still  secure     . 
Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die     . 
Sister,  thou  wast  mild  and  lovely     . 
Sleep,  sleep  to-day,  tormenting  cares  . 
Softly  fades  the  twilight  ray     . 
Softly,  now,  the  light  of  day 
So  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
Bongs  of  praise  the  angels  Bang    . 
Soon  will  our  fleeting  hours  be  past 
Source  of  light  and  life  divine    . 
Sow  in  the  mom  thy  seed 


13 

2 

i:.-; 

158 
151 

1.".' 

401 

212 

299 
353 
269 

3G8 

C2 
180 
203 
342 
179 
14 
53 
9 
173 
183 
124 
155 
364 

286 

422 

391 

396 

64 

340 

14o 

70 

63 

196 


14  INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 

Speak  gently,  —  it  is  better  far 451 

Stay,  thou  insulted  spirit,  stay  ! 308 

Stern  Winter  throws  his  icy  chains 11 

Suppliant,  lo  !  thy  children  bend 50 

Sure  there 's  a  dreadful  God 102 

Sweet  is  the  prayer  whose  holy  stream 362 

Sweet  is  the  time  of  spring 1 

Sweet  is  the  work,  O  Lord 87 

Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing  .        .        .        .        .        .312 

Take  up  thy  cross,  the  Saviour  said         .....  208 

Teachers,  children,  ere  we  part 4C4 

Teach  me,  my  God  and  King 93 

Tell  me  not  in  mournful  numbers 450 

That  setting  sun  !  that  setting  sun  !         .....  G9 

The  bird  that  soars  on  highest  wing 320 

The  bud  will  soon  become  a  flower 344 

The  builder's  thought  alone 456 

The  day  is  past  and  gone 61 

The  dove,  let  loose  in  Eastern  skies            365 

Thee  will  I  love,  O  Lord  !  my  strength 34 

The  God  of  glory  walks  his  round 452 

The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord 1!4 

The  knell  was  tolled,  the  requiem  sung 424 

The  laborer,  the  laborer 4C0 

The  leaves  around  me  falling 10 

The  Lord  my  Shepherd  is 259 

The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky 15 

The  morning  light  is  breaking 439 

The  offerings  to  thy  throne  which  rise 95 

There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read 93 

There  is  a  God,  —  all  nature  speaks            103 

There  is  a  God  who  reigns  above •  292 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight            269 

There  is  a  region,  lovelier  far 398 

There  is  a  time  when  moments  flow           .....  397 

There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest 402 

The  rosy  light  is  dawning 395 

The  Saviour  calls,  let  every  ear 284 

The  Saviour !  O,  what  endless  charms 278 

The  young,  the  lovely,  pass  away 4! 9 

They  who  on  the  Lord  rely 255 


INDEX    OF    1  [BST    LINJ  - 


This  book  is  all  th.it  's  left  me  now 
Thou  art,  <>  God,  the  lift  and  light      . 

'1'liou  art  the  «ay,  —  to  thee  alone   . 

'I'll. mi  peal  Instructor,  lest  I  stray 

Thou  lovrlv  Source  of  true  delight  . 

Thou  only  Sovereign  of  my  heart 

Thou  that  dost  my  life  prolong 

Thrice  happy  man  who  tears  the  Lord 

Through  all  the  chancing  scenes  of  life 

Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  night  . 

Through  all  the  years  of  childhood's  prime 

Thus  said  Jesus  :  "Go  and  do     . 

Thus  saith  the  first,  the  great  command 

Thy  name,  Almighty  Lord  .... 

Time  speeds  away,  —  away,  —  away 

'T  is  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 

'T  is  finished  !  so  the  Saviour  cried 

'T  is  summer,  glorious  summer   . 

To  God.  the  only  wise 

To  honor  those  who  gave  us  birth 

To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine 

To  praise  the  ever-bounteous  Lord 

To  thee,  my  God,  to  thee  belong 

To  thee,  O  blessed  Saviour 

To  thine  altar,  gracious  King    . 

To  your  Creator,  God 

Turn  to  thy  Maker,  child  of  earth   . 


Upward  I  lift  my  eyes 


We  are  living,  — we  are  dwelling   . 
We  bless  thee  for  this  sacred  day 
We  bless  the  Lord,  the  just  and  good 
Welcome,  delightful  morn 
Welcome  now  another  morning 
Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest 
Welcome,  welcome,  quiet  morning 
Were  all  our  hopes  and  all  our  fears    . 
We  >in,  whenever  we  pursue  . 
What  if  the  little  rain  should  say 
What  precept,  Jesus,  is  like  thine    . 
What  secret  hand,  at  morning  light    . 


139 
107 

71 
37 

4:0 

144 

59 

215 

415 

323 

355 

18 

263 

42  J 

7 

148 

330 

4,6 


174 
273 
401 
147 
290 

251 

457 
384 
152 
386 

42 
392 
393 
136 
311 
343 
225 

44 


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INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES 


What  though  the  arm  of  conquering  death 
What  was  it  made  my  bosom  swell    . 
When  a  foolish  thought  within 
When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God 
When,  driven  by  oppression's  rod    . 
When,  for  some  little  insult  given 
When,  his  salvation  bringing    . 
When  Jesus  left  the  throne  of  God 
When  Jordan  hushed  his  waters  still 
When  morning's  first  and  hallowed  ray 
When  shall  we  meet  again 
WThen,  streaming  from  the  eastern  skies 
When  the  joyous  day  is  dawning     . 
When  the  worn  spirit  wants  repose    . 
When  wakened  by  thy  voice  of  power 
Where  are  the  dead  ?    In  heaven  or  hell 
Wherewith  shall  we  approach  the  Lord  . 
While  in  the  tender  years  of  youth 
While  life  prolongs  its  precious  light 
While  nature  was  sinking  in  stillness  to  ] 
While  with  ceaseless  course  the  sun 
Who,  O  Lord,  when  life  is  o'er 
Who  shall  ascend  thy  heavenly  place 
Why  droops  my  soul  with  grief  oppressed 
Why  should  our  tears  in  sorrow  flow 
Why  will  ye  waste  on  trifling  cares    , 
With  humble  heart  and  tongue        • 
With  tearful  eyes  I  look  around 


Ye  glittering  toys  of  earth,  adieu  . 
Ye  hearts  with  youthful  vigor  warm 
Ye  joyous  ones  !  upon  whose  brow 
Ye  nations  round  the  earth  !  rejoice 
Yes,  my  native  land  !  I  love  thee  . 
Ye  trembling  souls,  dismiss  your  fears 
Youth,  when  devoted  to  the  Lord    . 


HYMNS 


SCHOOL    AND     COLLEGE     USE. 


THE    SEASONS. 

t.  S.  M. 

Spring. 

1  Sweet  is  the  time  of  spring, 
When  nature's  charms  appear; 

The  birds  with  ceaseless  pleasure  sing, 
And  hail  the  opening  year  : 

2  But  sweeter  far  the  spring 
Of  wisdom  and  of  grace, 

When  children  bless  and  praise  their  King, 
Who  loves  the  youthful  race. 

3  Sweet  is  the  dawn  of  day, 
When  light  just  streaks  the  sky  ; 

When  shades  and  darkness  pass  away, 
And  morning's  beams  are  nijrh  : 
1  1 


THE    SEASONS. 

4  But  sweeter  far  the  dawn 
Of  piety  in  youth  ; 

When  doubt  and  darkness  are  withdrawn, 
Before  the  light  of  truth. 

5  Sweet  is  the  early  dew, 
Which  gilds  the  mountain  tops, 

And  decks  each  plant  and  flower  we  view 
With  pearly,  glittering  drops  : 

6  But  sweeter  far  the  scene 
On  Zion's  holy  hill, 

When  there  the  dew  of  youth  is  seen 
Its  freshness  to  distil. 


2.  7  s.  31. 

The  God  of  Spring. 

1  Praise  and  thanks  and  cheerful  love 

Rise  from  everything  below, 
To  the  mighty  One  above, 

Who  his  wondrous  love  doth  show : 
Praise  him,  each  created  thing  !  — 
God,  your  Father,  —  God  of  spring  ! 

2  Praise  him,  trees  so  lately  bare  ! 

Praise  him,  fresh  and  new-born  flowers  ! 
All  ye  creatures  of  the  air, 

All  ye  soft-descending  showers, 
Praise,  with  each  awakening  thing, 
Praise  your  Maker,  —  God  of  spring  ! 

3  Praise  him,  man  !  —  thy  fitful  heart 

Let  this  balmy  season  move 


THE    SEASONS. 


To  employ  its  noblest  part. 

Softest  nnrcy,  Bweetest  love, — 
Blessing,  with  each  living  thing, 
God  the  bounteous,  —  God  of  spring  ! 


3.  7  s.  H. 

Spring. 

1  Hail  !  reviving,  jovous  spring, 

Smiling  through  thy  veil  of  showers  ! 
Bird-  and  brooks  thy  welcome  sing: 
Haste,  and  waken  all  thy  flowers. 

2  Hark  !  a  sweet  pervading  sound 

From  the  breathing,  moving  earth : 
Life  is  starting  all  around, 

Sending  joy  and  fragrance  forth. 

3  There  is  not  a  silent  thing 

In  this  joyous  company  ; 
Woods  and  hills  and  valleys  ring 
With  a  shout  of  jubilee. 

4  Wake,  my  spirit  !  art  thou  still? 

Senseless  things  have  found  a  voice; 
Shall  this  throbbing  heart  be  still 
When  all  nature  cries,  Rejoice  ? 

5  Join  the  grateful,  happy  throng, 

Cast  each  selfish  care  away  ; 
Birds  and  brooks  shall  tune  your  song : 
*  This  is  Nature's  holiday. 

FOLLEX. 


THE    SEASONS. 

4.  8  &  T  s.  31. 

Spring. 

1  Lo  !  the  bright,  the  rosy  morning 

Calls  me  forth  to  take  the  air ; 
Cheerful  spring,  with  smiles  returning, 
Ushers  in  the  new-born  year. 

2  Vernal  music,  softly  sounding, 

Echoes  through  the  verdant  grove  ; 
Nature  now,  with  life  abounding, 
Swells  with  harmony  and  love. 

3  Now  the  kind,  refreshing  showers 

Water  all  the  plains  around  ; 
Springing  grass  and  painted  flowers 
In  the  smiling  meads  abound. 

4  Praise  to  thee,  thou  great  Creator ! 

Praise  be  thine  from  every  tongue  ! 
Join,  my  soul,  with  every  creature, 
Join  the  universal  sons:. 


5.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Early  Spring-time. 

1  Hark  !  the  little  birds  are  sinking  : 

Winter 's  gone,  and  summer  's  near : 
See,  the  tender  grass  is  springing, 
And  the  flowers  will  soon  be  here. 

2  Who  made  the  winter  and  the  spring-? 

'  Who  painted  all  the  flowers  ? 


Tin:    - 

Who  taught  the  little  birds  to  sing, 
And  made  these  hearts  of  ours  ? 

3  0,  'tis  God!  how  good  he  is  I 
He  does  every  blessing  give  : 
All  this  happy  world  is  hi- : 

Lei  us  love  him  while  we  live. 

Mbs.  Follen. 


6.  C  P  H. 

Summer. 

1  Go  forth,  my  heart,  and  seek  the  bliss 
Of  such  a  summer  day  as  this, 

Bestowed  on  all  by  heaven  : 
The  beauties  of  the  garden  see, 
Behold  !  it  is  for  thee  and  me 

Its  glories  all  are  given. 

2  The  trees  with  whispering  leaves  are  dressed, 
The  earth  upon  her  dusky  breast 

Her  robe  of  green  is  wearing  ; 
The  flowers  are  blooming  far  and  wide, 
Not  Solomon  in  all  his  pride 

With  them  would  bear  comparing. 

3  The  never  idle  troops  of  bees 

Fly  here  and  there,  and  where  they  please 

Their  honey  food  are  quaffing  ; 
The  sap  is  running  up  the  vine, 
Round  the  old  elm  its  tendrils  twine, 
And  in  the  sun  are  laughing. 


THE    SEASONS. 

4  And  can  I,  may  I,  silent  be  ? 
When  all  God's  glorious  works  I  see, 

My  soul  desires  to  know  him. 
When  all  are  singing,  I  must  sing, 
And  to  the  Highest  I  must  bring 

The  tribute  which  I  owe  him. 

5  Are  all  things  here  so  bright  and  fair, 
And  has  He  with  a  loving  care 

My  happy  being  given  ? 
What,  in  that  glorious  world  above, 
Where  all  is  beauty,  all  is  love,  — 

What  shall  I  be  in  heaven  ? 

7.  7  &  6  s.  M. 

Summer. 

1  'T  is  summer,  glorious  summer,  — 

Look  to  the  glad,  green  earth, 
How  from  her  grateful  bosom 

The  herb  and  flower  spring  forth;  — 
These  are  her  rich  thanksgivings, 

The  incense  floats  above ! 
Father!  what  may  we  offer? 

Thy  chosen  flower  is  loveA 

2  'T  is  summer,  blessed  summer,  — 

The  lofty  hills  are  bright ; 
All  nature's  fountains  sparkle,  — 

Shall  ours  have  lesser  light  ? 
No  !  bid  each  spirit  praise  him, 

Who  hangs  on  every  tree 
A  thousand  living  lyres, 

Awaking  harmony. 


Ml!;    81   LSONS. 

■  )  "V  is  Bummer  in  our  bosoms, 

When  youthful  snares  we  fly, 
Anil  Strength  and  peace  arc  given 

By  angel  mini-try. 
'T  is  Bummer  in  y<m  heaven, 

Where,  teachers,  ye  Bhall  know 
While  time  sliall  last,  the  blessedness 

Wrought  by  your  love  below. 

MlSfl 


8.  C  M. 

A  Harvest  Hymn. 

1  To  praise  the  ever-bounteous  Lord, 

My  soul,  wake  all  thy  powers : 
He  calls,  and  at  his  voice  comes  forth 
The  smiling  harvest  hours. 

2  His  covenant  with  the  earth  he  keeps  ; 

My  tongue,  his  goodness  sing ; 
Summer  and  winter  know  their  time, 
His  harvest  crowns  the  spring. 

3  Well  pleased  the  laborers  behold 

The  waving  yellow  crop, 
With  joy  they  bear  the  sheaves  away. 
And  sow  again  in  hope. 

4  Thus  teach  me,  gracious  God,  to  sow 

The  seeds  of  righteousness: 
Smile  on  my  soul,  and  with  thy  beams 
The  ripening  harvest  bless. 

Xeedham. 

7 


THE    SEASONS. 

9.  8  &  7  s.  31. 

Autumn. 

1  See  the  leaves  around  us  falling, 

Dry  and  withered,  to  the  ground, 
Thus  to  thoughtless  mortals  calling, 
In  a  sad  and  solemn  sound,  — 

2  "  Youth,  on  length  of  days  presuming, 

Who  the  paths  of  pleasure  tread, 
View  us,  late  in  beauty  blooming, 
Numbered  now  among  the  dead. 

3  "What,  though  yet  no  losses  grieve  you,  - 

Gay  with  health  and  many  a  grace  ; 
Let  not  cloudless  skies  deceive  you; 
Summer  gives  to  autumn  place. 

4  "Yearly  in  our  course  returning, 

Messengers  of  shortest  stay, 
Thus  we  preach  this  solemn  warning, — 
You,  like  us,  must  pass  away." 

5  On  the  tree  of  life  eternal 

Then  let  all  our  hopes  be  stayed : 
This  alone,  for  ever  vernal, 

Bears  a  leaf  that  shall  not  fade. 

HOBHB. 

10.  7  &  6  s.  M. 

An  Autumnal  Hymn. 

1  The  leaves  around  me  falling 
Are  preaching  of  decay, 


Tin.   Bl 

The  hollow  winds  are  calling, 
"Come,  pilgrim,  come  away!  n 

The  day,  in  night  declining. 
Says,  I  must  too  decline, 

The  year,  its  bloom  resigning,  — 
It-  lot  foreshadows  mine! 

The  light  my  path  surrounding, 

The  love-  to  which  I  cling. 
The  hopes  within  me  bound i;  _. 

The  joys  that  round  me  wing, 
All,  all,  like  stars  at  even, 

Just  gleam  and  shoot  away ; 
Pass  on  before  to  heaven, 

And  chide  at  my  delay. 

The  friends  gone  there  before  me 

Are  calling  from  on  high, 
And  happy  angels  o'er  me 

Tempt  sweetly  to  the  sky. 
u  Why  wait,"  they  say,  "  and  wither 

Ifid  scenes  of  death  and  ?in  ? 
O,  rise  to  glory  hither, 

And  find  true  life  begin  !  " 

I  hear  the  invitation, 

And  fain  would  rise  and  come, 
A  sinner  to  salvation, 

An  exile  to  his  home  ; 
But.  while  I  here  must  linger, 

Thus,  thus  let  all  I  see 
Point  on  with  faithful  finger. 

To  heaven,  0  Lord,  and  Thee. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

9 


THE    SEASONS. 

11.  CM. 

Winter. 

1  Stern  Winter  throws  his  icy  chains, 

Encircling  nature  round  ; 
How  bleak,  how  comfortless  the  plains, 
Late  with  gay  verdure  crowned ! 

2  The  sun  withholds  his  vital  beams, 

And  light  and  warmth  depart ; 
And  drooping,  lifeless  nature  seems 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

3  Return,  O  blissful  sun,  and  bring 

Thy  soul-reviving  ray: 
This  mental  winter  shall  be  spring, 
This  darkness,  cheerful  day. 

4  0,  happy  state  !  divine  abode, 

Where  spring  eternal  reigns, 
And  perfect  day,  the  smile  of  God, 
Fills  all  the  heavenly  plains. 

5  Great  Source  of  light!  thy  beams  display, 

My  drooping  joys  restore, 
And  guide  me  to  the  seats  of  day, 
Where  winter  frowns  no  more. 

Steele. 

12.  c.  M. 

The  Rapid  Flight  of  Time. 

1  Behold,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bound 
That  marks  the  passing  year  ! 

10 


THE    BRASONS. 

How  Bwifl  the  weeks  complete  their  round! 

How  short  the  months  appear  ! 

2  So  fast  eternity  comes  on, 

And  that  important  day, 
When  all  that  mortal  life  has  done 
God's  judgment  shall  survey. 

0  Yet,  like  an  idle  tale,  we  pass 

The  BwifUy  gliding  year, 
And  study  artful  ways  to  increase 
The  speed  of  its  career. 

4  Awake,  O  God !  my  careless  heart 

Its  great  concern  to  see, 
That  I  may  act  the  Christian  part, 
And  give  the  year  to  thee. 

5  So  shall  their  course  more  grateful  roll, 

If  future  years  arise  : 
Or  this  shall  bear  my  waiting  soul 
To  joy  which  never  dies. 

Doddridge. 

13.  7  s.  31 

New  Year. 

1  WniLE  with  ceaseless  course  the  sun 

Hasted  through  the  former  j 
Many  souls  their  race  have  run. 

Never  more  to  meet  us  here. 
Fixed  in  an  eternal  state. 

They  have  done  with  all  below ; 
We  a  little  longer  wait, 

But  how  little,  none  can  know, 
it 


THE    SEASONS. 

2  Spared  to  see  another  year, 

Let  Thy  blessing  meet  us  here ; 
Come,  Thy  dying  work  revive. 

Bid  Thy  drooping  garden  thrive : 
Sun  of  Righteousness,  arise ! 

Warm  our  hearts  and  bless  our  eyes ; 
Let  our  prayer  Thy  pity  move, 

Make  this  year  a  time  of  love. 

3  Thanks  for  mercies  past  receive, 

Pardon  of  our  sins  renew ; 
Teach  us  henceforth  how  to  live, 

"With  eternity  in  view : 
Bless  Thy  word  to  old  and  young, 

Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love ; 
When  our  life's  short  race  is  run, 

May  we  dwell  with  Thee  above. 

Newton. 

14.  7  s.  31. 

The  New  Year. 

1  See,  another  year  is  gone  ! 

Quickly  have  the  seasons  past; 
That  we  enter  now  upon 

Will  to  many  prove  the  last. 
Mercy  hitherto  has  spared ; 

But  have  mercies  been  improved? 
Let  us  ask,  —  Are  we  prepared, 

Should  we  be  this  year  removed  ? 

2  Some,  whom  we  no  longer  see, 

Who  their  mortal  race  have  run, 

12 


THE    BE  Lfi 

ed  as  fair  for  life  as  we. 
When  the  former  year  begun. 
While  we  now  instruction  hear. 

Help  us,  Lord,  each  one  to  think 

That  eternity  IS  near; 

We  are  standing  on  the  brink! 

3  If  from  Bin  thou  'si  made  us  free. 
By  thy  pardoning  love  and  grace; 
Welcome  then  the  call  will  be 
To  depart  and  Bee  thy  face. 

To  the  good,  while  here  below, 

With  new  day-,  new  mercies  come, 

But  the  happiest  day  they  know, 

I<  their  last,  which  leads  them  home. 

Nbwtoh. 

15.  H.  M. 

Barren  Fig-Tree,  —  or  Another  Year. 

1  The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky, 

The  God  of  ages  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  on  high, 

Ancient  of  endless  day-  : 
Who  lengthens  out  our  trial  here, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

2  Barren  and  withered  trees, 

We  cumbered  long  the  ground; 
Xo  fruit  of  holiness 

On  our  dead  souls  was  found. 
Yet  doth  he  us  in  mercy  spare, 
Another,  and  another  year. 


THE    SEASONS. 

3  When  justice  gave  the  word, 
To  cut  the  fig-tree  down, 
The  pity  of  our  Lord 

Cried,  "  Let  it  still  alone:" 
The  Father  mild  inclines  his  ear, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

16.  I*  M. 

The  New  Year. 

1  Great  God,  we  sing  thy  mighty  hand, 
By  which  supported  still  we  stand : 
The  opening  year  thy  mercy  shows; 
Let  mercy  crown  it  till  it  close. 

2  By  day,  by  night,  at  home,  abroad, 
Still  we  are  guarded  by  our  God ; 
By  his  incessant  bounty  fed, 

By  his  unerring  counsels  led. 

3  With  grateful  hearts,  the  past  we  own ; 
The  future,  all  to  us  unknown, 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  commit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4  In  scenes  exalted  or  depressed, 
Be  thou  our  joy  and  thou  our  rest ; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hopes  shall  raise, 
Adored  through  all  our  changing  days. 

5  When  death  shall  interrupt  our  songs, 
And  seal  in  silence  mortal  tongues, 
Our  helper,  God,  in  whom  we  trust, 
In  better  worlds  our  souls  shall  boast. 

Doddridge. 

14 


Tin:   SI  L8ON8. 
17.  CM. 

The  New  Year. 

1  God  of  our  lite,  thy  various  praise 

Let  mortal  voices  sound  : 
Thy  hand  revolves  our  fleeting  days, 

And  brings  the  seasons  round. 

2  To  thee  shall  annual  ineense  rise. 

Our  Father  and  our  friend  : 
While  annual  mercies  from  the  >kies 
In  genial  streams  descend. 

3  In  every  scene  of  life,  thy  care, 

In  every  age.  we  see  : 
And  constant  as  thy  favors  are. 
So  let  our  praises  be. 

4  Still  may  thy  love,  in  every  scene, 

To  every  age  appear  ; 
And  let  the  same  compassion  deign 
To  bless  the  opening  year. 

5  0,  keep  this  foolish  heart  of  mine 

From  anxious  passions  free. 
Teach  me  each  comfort  to  resign, 
And  trust  my  all  to  thee. 

6  If  mercy  smile,  let  mercy  bring 

My  wandering  soul  to  God ; 
And  in  affliction  I  shall  sing, 
If  thou  wilt  bless  the  rod. 

Hegixbotiiam. 


THE    SEASONS. 

18.  LM.  81. 

Time. 

1  Time  speeds  away,  —  away, —  away; 
Another  hour,  another  clay, 
Another  month,  another  year, 

Drop  from  us  like  the  leaflets  sear, — 
Drop  like  the  life-blood  from  our  hearts  : 
The  rose-bloom  from  the  cheek  departs, 
The  tresses  from  the  temples  fall, 
The  eye  grows  dim  and  strange  to  all. 

2  Time  speeds  away,  —  away,  —  away; 
Like  torrent  in  a  stormy  day, 

He  undermines  the  stately  tower, 
Uproots  the  tree,  and  snaps  the  flower; 
And  sweeps  from  our  distracted  breast 
The  friends  that  loved,  the  friends  that  blesse 
And  leaves  us  weeping  on  the  shore, 
To  which  they  can  return  no  more. 

3  Time  speeds  away,  —  away,  —  away ; 
No  eagle  through  the  skies  of  day, 
No  wind  along  the  hills  can  flee 

So  swiftly  or  so  smooth  as  he ; 
Like  fiery  steed,  from  stage  to  stage 
He  bears  us  on,  from  youth  to  age ; 
Then  plunges  in  the  fearful  sea 
Of  fathomless  eternity. 

Knox. 
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mi     Bl  LSONS. 

19.  CM. 

A  Nt w    Year. 

1  Oub  Father!  through  the  coming  year 

We  know  not  what  shall  bo, 
But  we  would  leave,  without  a  fear, 
Its  ordering  all  to  thee. 

2  It  may  be  we  -hall  toil  in  vain 

For  what  the  world  holds  fair, 
And  all  its  good  we  thought  to  gain 
Deceive,  and  prove  but  care. 

3  It  may  be  it  shall  darkly  blend 

Our  love  with  anxious  fears. 
And  snatch  away  the  valued  friend, 
The  tried  of  many  years. 

4  It  may  be  it  shall  bring  us  days 

And  nights  of  lingering  pain, 

And  bid  us  take  our  farewell  gaze 

Of  these  loved  haunts  of  men. 

5  But  calmly,  Lord,  on  thee  we  rest ; 

No  fears  our  trust  shall  move  ; 
Thou  knowest  what  for  each  is  best, 
And  thou  art  perfect  love. 

Gaskell. 

20.  L  M 

The  Flight  of  Time. 

1   God  of  eternity,  from  thee 

Did  infant  Time  his  being  draw  ; 

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TIIE    SEASONS. 

Moment?,  and  clays,  and  months,  and  years, 
llevolve  by  thine  unvaried  law. 

2  Silent  and  swift  they  glide  away  ; 

Steady  and  strong  the  current  flows, 
Lost  in  eternity's  wide  sea,  — 

The  boundless  gulf  from  whence  it  rose. 

3  With  it  the  thoughtless  sons  of  men 

Upon  the  rapid  stream  are  borne 
Swift  on  to  their  eternal  home, 

Whence  not  one  soul  can  e'er  return. 

4  Yet  while  the  shore,  on  either  side, 

Presents  a  gaudy,  flattering  show, 
We  gaze,  in  fond  amazement  lost, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  we  go. 

5  Great  Source  of  wisdom,  teach  my  heart 

To  know  the  price  of  every  hour, 
That  time  may  bear  me  on  to  joys 
Beyond  its  measure  and  its  power. 

Doddridge. 

21.  ^  M. 

"  Thou  crownest  the  year  with  thy  goodness." 

1  Eternal  Source  of  every  joy  ! 
Well  may  thy  praise  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Whose  goodness  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  Wide  as  the  wheels  of  nature  roll, 
Thy  hand  supports  the  steady  pole  ; 

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mi;    BEAS 

The  sun  ii  taught  by  thee  to  rise, 
And  darknesfl  when  to  veil  the  si 

8  The  flowery  spring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air  and  paints  the  land  ; 
The  summer  raya  with  vigor  shine, 
To  raise  the  corn,  and  cheer  the  vine. 

A   Thy  hand  in  autumn  richly  pours, 
Through  all  our  coast,  redundant  Btor 

And  winters,  softened  by  thy  care, 
No  more  a  face  of  horror  wear. 

5  Seasons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  days, 
Demand  successive  songs  of  praise  ; 

Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid, 
With  opening  light,  and  evening  shade. 

DODDBEDGK. 

22.  c  ir 

Reflections  at  the  Close  of  the  Year. 

1  And  now.  my  soul,  another  year 

Of  my  short  life  is  past  : 
I  cannot  long  continue  here  ; 
And  this  may  be  my  last. 

2  Part  of  my  doubtful  life  is  gone, 

Nor  will  return  again  ; 
And  swift  my  fleeting  moments  run, — 
The  few  which  yet  remain  ! 

3  Awake,  my  soul  !  with  utmost  care 

Thy  true  condition  learn  ; 

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THE    SEASONS. 

What  are  thy  hopes,  —  how  sure,  how  fair, 
And  what  thy  great  concern  ? 

4  Another  year,  next  morn  begins  ; 

Set  out  afresh  for  heaven : 
Seek  pardon  for  thy  former  sins, 
Through  Christ,  so  freely  given. 

5  Devoutly  yield  thyself  to  God, 

And  on  his  grace  depend ; 
With  zeal  pursue  the  heavenly  road, 
Nor  doubt  a  happy  end. 

Browne. 


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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 


\ 


23.  L.  M. 

Praising  Gud  in  the  Honing. 

1  God  of  the  morning  !  at  thy  voice 

The  cheerful  sun  makes  haste  to  rise, 
And  like  a  giant  doth  rejoice 

To  run  his  journey  through  the  skies  :  — 

2  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  east 

The  circuit  of  his  race  begins, 
And  without  weariness  or  r 

Kound  the  whole  earth  he  rolls  and  shines 

3  So,  like  the  sun,  may  I  fulfil 

The  appointed  duties  of  the  day  ; 
With  ready  mind  and  active  will, 

March  on,  and  keep  my  heavenly  way. 

4  Lord  !  thy  commands  are  clean  and  pure, 

Enlightening  our  beclouded  eyes  : 

Thy  threatening*  just,  thy  promise  sure, 

Thy  gospel  make-  the  simple  wise. 

5  Give  me  thy  counsel  for  my  guide, 

And  then  receive  me  to  thy  bliss  : 
All  my  desires  and  hopes  beside 

Are  faint  and  cold  compared  with  this. 

Watts, 

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MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

24.  l  m. 

A  Morning  Hymn. 

1  In  sleep's  serene  oblivion  laid, 

I  safely  passed  the  silent  night ; 
Again  I  see  the  breaking  shade, 
Again  I  drink  the  morning  light. 

2  New-born,  I  bless  the  waking  hour  ; 

Once  more,  with  awe,  rejoice  to  be ; 
My  conscious  soul  resumes  her  power, 
And  springs,  my  guardian  God,  to  thee. 

3  0,  guide  me  through  the  various  maze 

My  doubtful  feet  are  doomed  to  tread ; 

And  spread  thy  shield's  protecting  blaze, 

When  dangers  press  around  my  head. 

4  A  deeper  shade  will  soon  impend, 

A  deeper  sleep  my  eyes  oppress  ; 

Yet  then  thy  strength  shall  still  defend, 

Thy  goodness  still  delight  to  bless. 

5  That  deeper  shade  shall  fade  away, 

That  deeper  sleep  shall  leave  my  eyes : 
Thy  light  shall  give  eternal  day  ; 
Thy  love,  the  rapture  of  the  skies. 

Hawkeswoeth. 

25.  I*  M. 

A  Morning  Song. 

1   Great  God,  to  thee  my  morning  song, 
With  humble  gratitude  I  raise ; 

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MORNING    and    r.vr.Niv-.. 

( ).  lei  thy  mercy  tunc  my  tongue, 
And  till  my  heart  with  lively  praise! 

2  My  days,  unclouded  as  they  pass, 

Ami  every  gently  rolling  hour, 
Are  monument-  bfwondrous  grace, 
Ami  witness  to  thy  love  and  power. 

3  0,  may  thy  power,  celestial  Guard, 

Through  all  this  day  preserve  from  harm  ! 
Can  danger  reach  me  while  the  Lord 

Extends  his  kind,  protecting  arm  ? 

4  And  when  this  day  my  duties  close, 

With  sleep  refresh  my  feeble  frame; 
Safe  in  thy  care  may  I  repose, 

And  wake  again  to  praise  thy  name. 

Steele. 

26.  C.  M. 

Gratitude  and  Supplication. 

1  God  of  my  life,  my  morning  song 

To  thee  I  cheerful  raise  : 
Thine  acts  of  love  'tis  good  to  sing, 
And  pleasant  't  is  to  praise. 

2  Preserved  by  thy  almighty  arm, 

I  passed  the  shades  of  night. 
Serene  and  safe  from  every  harm, 
To  see  the  morning  li°:lit. 

3  0,  let  the  same  almighty  care 

Through  all  this  day  attend  ; 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

From  every  danger,  every  snare, 
My  heedless  steps  defend. 

4  Smile  on  my  minutes  a?  they  roll, 
And  guide  my  future  days  : 
And  let  thy  goodness  fill  my  soul 
With  gratitude  and  praise. 

Steele. 

27.  C  M. 

Grateful  Acknowledgment. 

1  Again,  from  ealm  and  sweet  repose, 

I  rise  to  hail  the  dawn  ; 
Again  my  waking  eyes  unclose, 
To  view  the  smiling  morn. 

2  Great  God  of  love,  thy  praise  I  '11  sing ; 

For  thou  hast  safely  kept 
My  soul  beneath  thy  guardian  wing, 
And  watched  me  while  I  slept. 

3  Glory  to  thee,  Eternal  Lord  ! 

O,  teach  my  heart  to  pray. 
And  thy  blest  spirit's  help  afford, 
To  guide  me  through  the  day. 

4  Let  every  thought  and  word  accord 

With  thy  most  holy  will ; 
Each  deed  the  precepts  of  thy  word, 
"With  pious  aim,  fulfil. 

5  From  danger,  sin,  and  every  ill, 

My  constant  guardian  prove  ; 
0,  sanctity  my  heart,  and  fill 
With  thoughts  of  holy  love  ! 

Sacked  Offering. 

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MORNING    AM>    EVENING. 

28.  1  -  M. 

Morning  Hymn. 

1  Ix  the  morning  I  will  pray 
For  God's  blessing  on  the  day; 
What  this  day  shall  be  my  lot, 
Light  or  darkness,  know  I  not. 

2  Should  it  be  with  clouds  o'ercast, 
Clouds  of  sorrow,  gathering  fast, 
Thou,  who  givest  light  divine, 
Shine  within  me,  Lord,  O  shine  ! 

3  Show  me,  if  I  tempted  be, 
How  to  rind  all  strength  in  Thee, 
And  a  perfect  triumph  wTin 
Over  every  bosom  sin. 

4  Keep  my  feet  from  secret  snares. 
Keep  mine  eyes,  O  God,  from  tears  ! 
Every  step  thy  love  attend, 

And  my  soul  from  death  defend  ! 

FUKNLSS. 

29.  8  &  7  s.  31. 

1   Gracious  God,  our  Heavenly  Father! 

Meet  and  bless  our  school,  we  pray ; 
As  in  humble  trust  we  gather, 

Teachers,  scholars,  here  to-day, 
Every  joy  and  every  blessing 

From  thy  bounteous  hand  we  own  ; 

2  25 


MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

May  thy  love,  our  souls  possessing, 
Draw  us  nearer  to  thy  throne. 

Weak,  imperfect,  tempted,  erring, 

From  thy  precepts,  Lord,  we  stray ; 
Let  thy  spirit,  from  our  wandering, 

Bring  us  back  to  virtue's  way. 
Humble,  penitent,  confiding, 

May  we  rest  our  hope  in  thee  ; 
In  thy  favor,  Lord,  abiding, 

In  thy  peace  and  purity. 


30.  I*  M- 

The  New  Gifts  of  Morning. 

O,  timely  happy,  timely  wise, 
Hearts  that  with  rising  morn  arise  ! 
Eyes  that  the  beam  celestial  view, 
Which  evermore  makes  all  things  new  ! 

New  every  morning  is  the  love 
Our  wak'ning  and  uprising  prove; 
Through  sleep  and  darkness  safely  brought, 
Restored  to  life,  and  power,  and  thought. 

New  mercies,  each  returning  day, 

Hover  around  us  while  we  pray  ; 

New  perils  past,  new  sins  forgiven, 

New  thoughts  of  God,  new  hopes  of  heaven. 

Old  friends,  old  scenes,  will  lovelier  be, 
As  more  of  heaven  in  each  we  see  ; 
Some  softening  gleams  of  love  and  prayer 
Shall  dawn  on  every  cross  and  care. 

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MORNING    and    EVENING. 

5   n>)  thou,  o  Lord,  in  thy  dear  love 
Pit  11-  for  perfect  rest  aboi 
And  help  as  this  and  every  day. 

To  live  more  nearly  as  we  pray. 

Cbblb. 

81.  I*M- 

An  ancient  Psalm  of  the  Morning. 

1  ( )  Christ  !  with  each  returning  morn 
Thine  image  to  our  heart  be  borne  ; 
And  may  we  ever  clearly  see 

Our  God  and  Saviour,  Lord,  in  thee! 

2  All  hallowed  be  our  walk  this  day  ; 
May  meekness  form  our  early  ray. 
And  faithful  love  our  noontide  light, 
And  hope  our  sunset,  calm  and  bright. 

3  May  grace  each  idle  thought  control, 
And  sanctify  our  wayward  soul ; 
May  guile  depart,  and  malice  cease, 
And  all  within  be  joy  and  peace. 

4  Our  daily  course,  O  Jesus,  bless  ; 
Make  plain  the  way  of  holiness  : 
From  sudden  falls  our  feet  defend, 
And  cheer  at  last  our  journey's  end. 

32.  '  *>  M. 

God's  Aid  invoked  in  the  Morning. 

1  Now  the  shades  of  night  are  gone ; 
Now  the  morning  light  is  come  : 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

Lord,  may  we  be  thine  to-day ; 
Drive  the  shades  of  sin  away. 

2  Fill  our  souls  with  heavenly  light, 
Banish  doubt,  and  clear  our  sight ; 
In  thy  service,  Lord,  to-day, 

May  we  stand,  and  watch,  and  pray. 

3  Keep  our  haughty  passions  bound ; 
Save  us  from  our  foes  around ; 
Going  out  and  coming  in, 

Keep  us  safe  from  every  sin. 

Epis.  Coll. 


33.  C  M. 

A  Morning  Psalm. 

1  Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 

My  voice  ascending  high  ; 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye. 

2  Thou  art  a  God,  before  whose  sight 

The  wicked  shall  not  stand : 

Sinners  shall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 

Nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

3  0,  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 

In  ways  of  righteousness  ! 
Make  every  path  of  duty  straight 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

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MORNING    AND    i.vi:\in«.. 

-1  The  men  who  love  and  fear  thy  name* 
Shall  see  their  hopes  fulfilled  ; 
The  mighty  Gdd  will  compass  them 
With  favor  as  a  BhielcL 

Watts. 


31.  I-M. 

ming  Song. 

1  Thbb  will  I  love.  O  Lord  !  my  strength, 

My  rock,  my  tower,  my  high  defence  ; 
Thy  mighty  arm  shall  be  my  trust, 

For  I  have  found  salvation  thence. 

2  Tired  with  the  burdens  of  the  day. 

To  thee  I  raised  my  evening  cry  : 
Thou  heardVt  when  I  began  to  pray. 
And  thine  Almighty  help  was  nigh. 

3  Supported  by  thy  heavenly  aid, 

I  laid  me  down,  and  slept  secure ; 
Not  death  should  make  my  heart  afraid, 
Though  I  should  wake  and  rise  no  more. 

4  But  God  sustained  me  all  the  night  : 

Salvation  doth  to  God  belong  ; 
He  raised  my  head  to  see  the  light, 

And  make  his  praise  my  morning  song. 

"Watts. 

35.  '  *■  M. 

Muni  in  g  Hymn. 

1   At  the  golden  rise  of  day. 
Humbly,  God,  to  thee  we  pray  ; 

3  *  CO 


MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

Uncreated  Source  of  light, 

Guide  our  thoughts  and  words  aright. 

Holy  Father,  at  thy  call 

Light  upon  the  earth  did  fall ; 

Speak  the  word  again,  and  make 

Morning  o'er  our  hearts  to  break. 

2  Humbly  though  our  prayer  arise, 
Quickly  let  it  reach  the  skies  ; 
Show  thy  reconciling  face, 

Hear  from  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place 
Holy  Son,  whose  lowly  birth 
Re-illumined  the  dark  earth, 
Let  the  Gentiles  see  thy  ray, 
Kings,  the  brightness  of  thy  day. 

3  From  the  Eternal  Source  in  heaven 
Light  to  us  on  earth  be  given  ; 
Light  of  grace  to  guard  from  wrath, 
Light  of  faith,  to  guide  our  path. 
Holy  Spirit,  let  thy  ray 

Guide  our  footsteps,  day  by  day  ; 

While  through  earth's  dark  path  we  move 

To  eternal  day  above. 

L.  W.  Bacon. 


36.  C.  M. 

Our  Safety  in  God. 

1  On  thee,  each  morning,  0  my  God, 
My  waking  thoughts  attend ; 
In  thee  are  founded  all  my  hopes, 
In  thee  my  wishes  end. 


MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

-  My  soul,  in  pleasing  wonder  lost, 
Thy  boundless  Love  sun 
And,  fired  with  grateful  seal,  pre] 
A  sacrifice  of  prais* . 

3  When  evening  Blumbers  pre--  my  i 
With  his  protection  blest, 

In  peace  and  safety  I  commit 
My  weary  limbs  to  rest 

1   My  spirit  in  his  hand  secure, 
Fears  no  approaching  ill  ; 
For,  whether  waking  or  asleep, 
Thou,  Lord,  art  with  me  still. 

Kirpis. 


37.  *  s.  M. 

A  Morning  Song. 

1  Tnou  that  dost  my  life  prolong, 
Kindly  aid  my  morning  song ; 
Thankful  from  my  couch  I  rise, 
To  the  God  that  rules  the  skies. 

2  Thou  didst  hear  my  evening  cry  ; 
Thy  preserving  hand  was  nigh  ; 
Peaceful  slumbers  thou  hast  shed, 
Grateful  to  my  weary  head. 

3  Thou  hast  kept  me  through  the  night  ; 
'T  was  thy  hand  restored  the  light : 
Lord,  thy  mercies  still  are  new, 
Plenteous  as  the  morninjr  dew. 


MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

4  Still  my  feet  are  prone  to  stray : 
O,  preserve  me  through  the  day  ! 
Dangers  everywhere  abound  ; 
Sins  and  snares  beset  me  round. 

5  Gently,  with  the  dawning  ray, 
On  my  soul  thy  beams  display : 
Sweeter  than  the  smiling  morn, 
Let  thy  cheering  light  return. 

Ch.  Psalmody. 

38.  C.  M. 

God's  Goodness  acknowledged. 

1  O  God,  let  this,  my  morning  song, 

Like  holy  incense  rise  ; 
Assist  the  offerings  of  my  tongue 
To  reach  the  lofty  skies. 

2  Amid  the  darkness  of  the  night 

Me  thou  didst  safely  keep, 

Again  to  hail  the  morning  light 

Again  refreshed  by  sleep. 

3  Perpetual  blessings  from  above 

Encompass  me  around ; 
But  oh  !  how  few  returns  of  love 
Hath  my  Creator  found  ! 

4  How  long  have  I  abused  thy  love  ! 

How  long  indulged  in  sin  ! 
For  conscience  cries  with  faithful  voice, 
How  guilty  I  have  been. 

5  Draw  me,  0  God,  with  sovereign  grace, 

And  fill  me  with  thy  love  ; 

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MOBNING    and    EVENING. 

Thai  I  may  end  this  mortal  race 
To  dwell  with  thee  above. 

Watts. 


39.  C.  31. 

A  Morning  Hymn. 

1  Once  more  the  light  of  day  I  see  ; 

Lord,  with  it  let  me  raise 
My  heart  and  voice  in  song  to  thee, 
Of  gratitude  and  praise. 

2  The  sky-lark  from  its  lowly  nest 

Hath  soared  into  the  sky, 
And  by  its  joyous  song  expressed 
Unconscious  praise  on  high. 

3  My  feeble  voice  and  faltering  tone 

Xo  tuneful  tribute  bring  ; 
But  thou  canst  in  my  heart  make  known 
What  bird  can  never  sing. 

4  Instruct  me,  then,  to  lift  my  heart 

To  thee  in  praise  and  prayer ; 
And  love  and  gratitude  impart, 
For  every  good  I  share. 

5  Thus  let  me,  Lord,  confess  the  debt 

I  owe  thee  day  by  day  ; 
Nor  e'er  at  night  or  morn  forget 
To  thee,  0  God !  to  pray. 

B.  Barton. 


MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

40.  C.  ML 

Morning  Hymn. 

1  My  God,  thou  mak'st  the  sun  to  know 

His  proper  hour  to  rise, 
And,  to  give  light  to  all  below, 
Dost  send  him  round  the  skies. 

2  When  from  the  chambers  of  the  east 

His  morning  race  begins, 
He  never  tires,  nor  stops  to  rest, 
But  round  the  world  he  shines. 

3  So,  like  the  sun,  would  I  fulfil 

The  business  of  the  day ; 
Begin  my  work  betimes,  and  still 
March  on  my  heavenly  way. 

4  Give  me,  O  Lord,  thine  early  grace, 

Nor  let  my  soul  complain, 
That  the  young  morning  of  my  days 
Has  been  consumed  in  vain. 

"Watts. 

41.  I*  M.  6  1. 

Daily  Dependence  on  God. 

1  When,  streaming  from  the  eastern  skies, 
The  morning  light  salutes  my  eyes, 
O  Sun  of  righteousness  divine, 
On  me  with  beams  of  mercy  shine ; 
O,  chase  the  clouds  of  sin  away, 
And  turn  my  darkness  into  day ! 

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MORNING     AND    EVENING 


2  When  to  thy  throne  all-glorious  King, 
My  morning  sacrifice  I  bring, 

And,  mourning  o'er  my  guill  and  shame, 

Ask  mercy.  Saviour,  in  thy  name  : 
0,  deign  to  hear  my  suppliant  voice, 
And  bid  my  drooping  heart  rejoice  ! 

3  As  every  day  thy  mercy  spares 
"Will  bring  its  trials  and  its  car-- ; 
O  Saviour,  tiil   my  life  shall  end. 

Be  thou  my  Counsellor  and  Friend  ; 

Teach  me  thy  precepts,  all  divine, 

And  let  thy  will  be  always  mine. 

4  "When  each  day's  scenes  and  labors  close 
And  wearied  nature  seek-  repose, 
With  pardoning  mercy  richly  blessed, 
Guard  me,  my  Saviour,  while  I  rest  ; 

And  as  each  morning  sun  shall  rise, 
O,  lead  me  onward  to  the  skies  ! 

5  And,  at  my  life's  last  setting  sun, 
My  conflicts  o'er,  my  labors  done, 
Jesus,  thy  heavenly  radiance  shed, 
To  cheer  and  bless  my  dying  bed  ; 
And,  from  the  gloom  my  spirit  raise, 
To  see  thy  face  and  sing  thy  praise. 

Sib  B.  Grant. 

42.  8  &  7  s   M. 

A  Morning  Song. 

1  Welcome  now  another  morning, 
While  we  meet  our  God  to  praise, 


MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

And,  our  daily  work  returning, 
First  to  him  our  voice  to  raise. 

2  Let  us  think  how  time  is  passing  — 

Soon  the  longest  life  departs, 
Nothing  human  is  abiding, 

Save  the  love  of  humble  hearts. 

3  Love  to  God  and  to  our  neighbor 

Makes  our  purest  happiness  ; 

Vain  the  wish,  the  care,  the  labor, 

Earth's  poor  trifles  to  possess. 

4  Father,  now  one  prayer  we  raise  thee ; 

Give  an  humble,  grateful  heart ; 
Never  let  us  cease  to  praise  thee, 
Never  from  thy  fear  depart. 

5  Then  when  years  have  gathered  o'er  us, 

And  the  world  begins  to  fade, 
Heaven's  bright  realm  will  rise  before  us : 
There  our  treasure  has  been  laid. 

43.  c.  31. 

A  Morning  Hymn. 

1  Once  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 

Salutes  thy  waking  eyes : 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  who  rules  the  skies. 

2  'T  is  He  supports  my  mortal  frame ; 

My  tongue  shall  speak  his  praise  : 
My  sins  would  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 
And  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

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■  i ;  N  I  \  I  ■      \  N  I  >     l   \  1  -  M  N  I  ■  • 

3  How  many  Bonis  from  I  art h  ha\e  fled 

Since  tlir  la-t  setting  sun ! 
And  yet  Thou  Lengthenesl  oul  my  thread, 
And  yet  my  moments  run. 

4  Great  God  !  lei  all  my  hour-  be  thine, 

While  I  enjoy  the  light  ; 
Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 

And  bring  a  peaceful  night. 

Wa'i  i  9. 


44.  C.  Bf. 

A  Morning  Hymn. 

1  WHAT  -ecret  hand,  at  morning  light, 

Softly  unseals  mine  eye, 
Draws  back  the  curtain  of  the  night, 
And  opens  earth  and  sky  ? 

2  'T  is  thine,  my  God,  —  the  same  that  kept 

My  resting  hours  from  harm ; 

No  ill  came  nigh  me,  for  I  slept 

Beneath  the  Almighty's  arm. 

3  'T  is  thine  my  daily  bread  that  brings, 

Like  manna  scattered  round. 
And  clothes  me  as  the  lily  springs 
In  beauty  from  the  ground. 

4  In  death's  dark  valley  though  I  stray, 

'T  would  there  my  steps  attend. 
Guide  with  the  staff  my  lonely  way, 
And  wTith  the  rod  defend. 


MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

5  May  that  sure  hand  uphold  me  still 
Through  life's  uncertain  race, 
To  bring  me  to  thine  holy  hill, 
And  to  thy  dwelling-place  ! 

Montgomery. 

45.  c.  M. 

Evening  "Worship. 

1  O  Lord,  another  day  has  flown, 

And  we,  a  youthful  band, 
Are  met  once  more  before  thy  throne, 
To  bless  thy  fostering  hand. 

2  And  wilt  thou  lend  a  listening  ear 

To  praises  low  as  ours  ? 
Thou  wilt !  for  thou  dost  love  to  hear 
The  song  which  meekness  pours. 

3  And,  Jesus,  thou  thy  smiles  wilt  deign, 

As  in  thy  name  we  pray ; 
For  thou  didst  bless  the  infant  train, 
And  we  are  weak  as  they. 

4  Thy  heavenly  grace  to  each  impart, 

Our  faith  and  love  increase  ; 
And  shed  abroad  in  every  heart 
Thine  everlasting  peace. 

5  Thus  chastened,  cleansed,  entirely  thine, 

A  flock  by  Jesus  led  ; 
The  Sun  of  Righteousness  shall  shine 
In  glory  on  our  head. 

H.  K.  White. 


MORNING    AM»    EVENING. 

16.  C.  K. 

Belf-Examination  it  Evening, 

1  ANOTHRB  day  of  lift  is  gone; 

.V  doubtful  few  remain  ; 

Review,  my  soul,  what  thou  hast  clone 
Eternal  life  to  gain. 

2  Dost  thou  get  forward  in  thy  raoo. 

As  time  still  posts  away? 
And  die  to  sin,  and  grow  in  grace, 
With  every  passing  day  ? 

3  This  day  what  conquests  hast  thou  gained? 

What  sin  is  overcome  ? 

What  fresh  degree  of  grace  obtained, 
To  bring  thee  nearer  home  ? 

4  Thus  every  day  thy  course  review, 

Thy  real  state  to  learn  : 
And  with  renewed  zeal  pursue 
Thy  great,  thy  chief  concern. 

47.  L  31 

An  Evening  Hymn. 

1  Glory  to  thee,  my  God!  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light  ; 
Keep  me,  O  keep  me.  King  of  kings! 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

2  Forgive  me.  Lord !  through  thy  dear  Son, 
The  ill  that  I  this  day  have  done  ; 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

That  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 
My  soul,  this  night,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 
With  joy  behold  the  judgment-day. 

4  Lord!  let  my  soul  forever  share 
The  bliss  of  thy  paternal  care ; 

'T  is  heaven  on  earth,  't  is  heaven  above, 
To  see  thy  face,  and  sing  thy  love. 

Kenn. 


48.  7  s.  K. 

Evening  Hymn. 

1  Heavenly  Father!  gracious  name  ! 
Night  and  day  thy  love  the  same ! 
Far  be  each  suspicious  thought, 
Every  anxious  care  forgot ! 

2  Thou,  my  ever  bounteous  God  ! 
Crown'st  my  days  with  various  good. 
Thy  kind  eye,  which  cannot  sleep, 
My  defenceless  hours  shall  keep. 

3  What  if  death  my  sleep  invade  ? 
Should  I  be  of  death  afraid  ? 
While  encircled  by  thine  arm, 
Death  may  strike,  but  cannot  harm. 

4  With  thy  heavenly  presence  blest, 
Death  is  life,  and  labor  rest ; 

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HORNING    a  \  i>    EVENING. 

Welcome  deep  or  death  to  me, 

Still  Becure,  f(W  - 1 ill  with  thee  ! 

DODDBIDGfl    varied). 


49.  C  31 

A  Child's  Evening  Hymn. 

1  How  beautiful  the  Betting  sun  ! 

The  clouds  how  bright  and  gay ! 
The  stars  appearing  one  by  one, 
How  beautiful  are  they ! 

2  And  when  the  moon  climbs  up  the  sky, 

And  sheds  her  gentle  light, 
And  hangs  her  crystal  lamp  on  high, 
How  beautiful  is  night ! 

3  And  can  it  be  I  am  possessed 

Of  something  brighter  far  ? 
Glows  there  a  light  within  this  breast, 
Outshining  every  star? 

4  Yes,  should  the  sun  and  stars  turn  pale, 

The  mountains  melt  away, 
This  flame  within  shall  never  fail, 
But  live  in  endless  day. 

5  This  is  the  soul  that  God  has  given ;  — 

Sin  may  its  lustre  dim, 
While  goodness  bears  it  up  to  heaven, 
And  leads  it  back  to  him. 

Mrs.  Follen. 


MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

50.  7  s.  M. 

Prayer  for  a  Blessing. 

1  Suppliant,  lo  !  thy  children  bend, 

Father,  for  thy  blessing  now  ; 
Thou  canst  teach  us,  guide,  defend  ; 
"We  are  weak,  almighty  thou. 

2  With  the  peace  thy  word  imparts 

Be  the  taught  and  teachers  blest ; 
In  our  lives,  and  in  our  hearts, 
Father,  be  thy  laws  impressed. 

3  Shed  abroad  in  every  mind 

Light  and  pardon  from  above, 
Charity  for  all  our  kind, 

Trusting  faith,  and  holy  love. 

S.  Gray,  Jr. 

51.  ** « 

God  ever  to  be  praised. 

1  How  shall  we  praise  thee,  Lord  of  light ! 

How  shall  we  all  thy  love  declare  ! 
Once  more  we  've  guarded  been  by  night, 
Once  more  we  raise  our  morning  prayer. 

2  We  would  adore  thee,  God  sublime, 

Whose  power  and  wisdom,  love  and  grace, 
Are  greater  than  the  round  of  time, 
And  wider  than  the  bounds  of  space. 


m«>i:\iv.    and    EVENING. 

8  0,  how  shall  thought  expression  find, 
All  lost  in  thine  immensity  I 
How  shall  we  seek  thee,  glorious  Mind, 

Amid  thy  dn  ad  infinity  ! 

4  But  thou  art  present  with  us  here, 

As  in  thy  glittering,  high  domain  ; 
And  grateful  hearts  and  humble  fear 

Can  never  seek  thy  face  in  vain. 

5  Help  us  to  praise  thee,  Lord  of  light ; 

Help  us  thy  boundless  love  declare  ; 
And,  while  we  've  guarded  been  by  night, 
Once  more  hear  thou  our  morning  prayer. 

Bowking. 

52.  L.  M. 

A  Morning  Song. 

1  Arise,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise, 

And,  filled  with  holy  love,  adore 
The  almighty  Sovereign  of  the  skies, 
Whose  mercy  lends  me  one  day  more. 

2  And  may  this  day,  indulgent  Power, 

Not  idly  pass,  nor  fruitless  be  ; 
But  may  each  swiftly  flying  hour 
Still  nearer  bring  my  soul  to  thee. 

3  And  wilt  thou  deign  to  lend  an  ear, 

When  I,  a  sinful  mortal,  pray  ? 
Yes,  boundless  Goodness,  thou  wilt  hear, 
Nor  cast  the  meanest  wretch  away. 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

Then  let  me  serve  thee  all  my  days, 
And  may  my  zeal  with  years  increase : 

For  pleasant,  Lord,  are  all  thy  ways, 
And  all  thy  paths  are  paths  of  peace. 

Ens.  Coll. 

53.  S.  M. 

1  See  how  the  rising  sun 
Pursues  his  shining  way  ; 

And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise, 
With  every  brightening  ray. 

2  Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing ; 

And  to  its  great  Original 
The  humble  tribute  bring. 

3  Serene,  I  laid  me  down 
Beneath  His  guardian  care  ; 

I  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 
My  kind  Preserver  near  ! 

4  Dear  Saviour,  to  thy  cross 
I  bring  my  sacrifice  ; 

Cleansed  by  thy  blood  it  shall  ascend 
With  fragrance  to  the  skies. 

E.  Scott. 

54.  C.  M. 

A  Morning  Song. 

1  Lord  of  my  life  !  O,  may  thy  praise 
Employ  my  noblest  powers, 


MORNING    and    iviat 

Whose  goodness  lengthens  out  mj 
And  fills  the  circling  hour-. 

2  Soon  as  the  morning  ray-  appear, 

I  '11  lift  mine  eyes  above  ; 
My  voice  shall  reach  thy  listening  ear, 
And  Bupplicate  thy  love 

3  With  grateful  thank-  my  song  .-hall  rise 

pe  thy  mercy-eeat  ; 
On  thee  1 11  fix  my  steadfast  ey<  3, 
And  worship  at  thy  feet 

4  Thy  righteousness,  thy  strength  display, 

And  my  protection  be  ; 
Teach  me  to  know  that  only  way 
Which  leads  to  heaven  and  thee. 

Stbeus. 

55.  C  M. 

God's  Aid  implored.  » 

1  Perpetual  Source  of  light  and  grace, 

We  hail  thy  sacred  name  ; 
Through  every  year's  revolving  round 
Thy  goodness  is  the  same. 

2  Yet.  0  what  poor  returns  we  pay  ! 

Our  vows  how  oft  renew  ! 
Those  vow-  as  false  as  morning's  cloud, 
And  transient  as  the  dew. 

3  As  by  thy  power  the  morning  sun 

Pursues  his  radiant  way, 
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MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

Brightens,  each  moment,  in  his  course, 
And  shines  to  perfect  day ; 

4  So  thou,  0  God,  on  this  new  morn 
Bestow  on  us  thy  grace, 
To  bear  our  feeble  footsteps  on 
In  all  thy  righteous  ways. 

Doddridge. 

56.  8&Ts.  M. 

Morning  Hymn. 

1  "When  the  joyous  day  is  dawning, 

And  the  happy  light  we  see, 
We  who  live  in  life's  pure  morning, 
Father,  would  remember  thee. 

2  While  in  quiet  we  were  sleeping, 

Kindly,  though  we  knew  it  not, 
Thou  a  guardian  watch  wert  keeping  ; 
Never  is  thy  child  forgot. 

3  Now  another  day  is  given, 

With  thy  love,  may  it  be  blest ; 
May  we  think  of  thee  and  heaven, 
Of  that  purer,  better  rest. 


57.  L  M. 

God's  Care  acknowledged. 

1   Give  thanks  to  God  —  he  reigns  above  ; 
Kind  are  his  thoughts,  his  name  is  love ; 

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MORNING     LND    EVENING. 

Hi-  mercy  ages  past  have  known. 
And  ages  long  to  come  -hall  own. 

2   His  Bmile  illumes  the  morning  ray, 
His  arm  protects  us  through  the  day  : 
J  lis  ever-watchful  eye  will  keep 
And  guard  us  safely  while  we  -loop. 

0  He  toed-  and  clothes  us  all  the  way, 
He  guides  our  footsteps  lest  we  .-tray, 

lie  load-  us  with  a  father's  hand. 
And  brings  us  to  the  heavenly  land. 

4  0,  let  us,  then,  with  joy  record 

The  truth  and  goodness  of  the  Lord  : 
How  great  his  work.-.  —  how  kind  his  ways  ! 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise. 

Watts. 

58.  C  31 

Morning  Hymn. 

1  Now  that  the  sun  is  beaming  bright, 

Implore  we,  bending  low, 
That  He,  the  uncreated  Light, 
May  guide  us  as  we  go. 

2  No  sinful  word,  nor  deed  of  wrong, 

Nor  thoughts  that  idly  rove, 
But  simple  truth  be  on  our  tongue, 
And  in  our  hearts  be  love. 

3  And  grant  that  to  thine  honor,  Lord, 

Our  daily  toil  may  tend; 
That  we  begin  it  at  thy  word, 
And  in  thy  favor  end. 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

59.  C.  M. 

God  the  Preserver  of  Men. 

1  Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  night, 

Preserved,  0  Lord,  by  thee, 
Again  we  hail  the  cheerful  light, 
Again  we  bow  the  knee. 

2  0,  may  the  beams  of  truth  divine, 

With  clear  convincing  light, 
In  all  our  understandings  shine, 
And  chase  our  mental  night ! 

3  Let  all  our  words  and  all  our  ways 

Declare  that  we  are  thine  ; 
That  thus  along  our  path  the  rays 
Of  heavenly  truth  may  shine. 

4  Preserve  us,  Lord,  throughout  the  day, 

And  guide  us  by  thine  arm ! 
For  they  are  safe,  and  only  they, 
Whom  thou  dost  save  from  harm. 

Kelly. 

60.  C.  M. 

Morning  Prayer. 

1  O  may  I  love  at  early  day 
To  rise,  when  all  is  still, 
And  hear  my  Saviour  kindly  say, 
"  Come,  ask  me  what  ye  will !  " 


MORNING     \M>    EVENING. 

2  O  may  I  love  to  search  bis  law, 

To  bear  his  words  of  V 
And  feel  hifi  Spirit  Bweetly  draw 
My  soul  to  M  things  aboi  <■." 

3  O  may  I  love  to  ask,  in  prayer, 

\\\<  Spirit's  guiding  ray. 
Through  every  scene  of  anxious  care, 
Through  life's  bewildered  way. 

4  Thus  let  me  spend  each  rising  hour, 

Thus  close  my  latest  day-. 
Till  I  shall  wake,  to  sleep  no  more, 
Where  prayer  is  changed  to  praise. 


61.  S.  M. 

On  Going  to  Rest. 

1  The  day  is  past  and  gone, 
The  evening  shades  appear ; 

O  may  we  all  remember  well, 
The  night  of  death  draws  near. 

2  We  lay  our  garments  by, 
Upon  our  beds  to  rest ; 

So  death  will  soon  disrobe  us  all 
Of  what  is  here  possessed. 

3  Lord,  keep  us  safe  this  night, 
Secure  from  all  our  fears  ; 

May  angels  guard  us,  while  we  sleep, 
Till  morning  light  appears. 

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MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

i     And  when  we  early  rise. 

And  view  the  unwearied  sun, 
May  we  set  out  to  win  the  prize, 
And  after  glory  run. 

5     And  when  our  days  are  past, 

And  we  from  time  remove, 
O  may  we  in  thy  bosom  rest, 
The  bosom  of  thy  love. 

Hartford  Selection. 


62.  8  &  7  s.  31. 

1  Saviour  !  breathe  an  evening  blessing, 

Ere  repose  our  eyelids  seal ; 
Sin  and  want  we  come  confessing  ; 
Thou  canst  save,  and  thou  canst  heal. 

2  Though  destruction  walk  around  us, 

Though  the  arrows  past  us  fly, 
Angel-guards  from  thee  surround  us,  — 
We  are  safe,  if  thou  art  nigh. 

3  Though  the  night  be  dark  and  dreary, 

Darkness  cannot  hide  from  thee  : 
Thou  art  He  who,  never  weary, 
Watcheth  where  thy  people  be. 

4  Should  swift  death  this  night  o'ertake  us, 

And  our  couch  become  our  tomb, 
May  the  morn  in  heaven  awake  us, 
Clad  in  bright  and  deathless  bloom. 
Edmestox. 

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MORNING    a\i>    i.\  i:\  IN'  . 
63.  1  *  M. 

Kvenin-.'  Hymn. 

1  Source  of  light  and  life  divine  ! 
Thou  didst  cause  the  light  to  >hine ; 
Thou  didst  bring  thy  Bunbeams  forth 
( Per  thy  Dew-created  earth- 

2  Shade  of  night  and  morning  ray 
Took  from  thee  the  nam*'  of  day: 
Now  again  the  shades  are  nigh, 
Listen  to  thy  children's  cry  ! 

3  May  we  ne'er,  by  guilt  depressed, 
Lose  the  way  to  endless  rest  ; 

May  no  thoughts  corrupt  and  vain 
Draw  our  souls  to  earth  again. 

4  Rather  help  them  still  to  rise 
Where  our  dearest  treasure  lies  ; 
Help  us  in  our  daily  strife, 
Make  us  struggle  into  life  ! 

St.  Gregory. 

64e  *  s.  M. 

1  Softly,  now,  the  light  of  day 
Fades  upon  my  sight  away  : 
Free  from  care,  from  labor  free, 
Lord  !  I  would  commune  with  thee. 

2  Soon,  for  me,  the  light  of  day 
Shall  forever  pass  away  ; 

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MORNING   AND    EVENING. 

Then,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Take  me,  Lord  !  to  dwell  with  thee. 

Doane. 


65.  I*  M. 

Evening  Hymn. 

1  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone  : 

Slow  o'er  the  west  the  shadows  rise  ; 
Swift  the  soft-stealing  hours  have  flown, 
And  night's  dark  mantle  veils  the  skies. 

2  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone, 

Swept  from  the  records  of  the  year; 
And  still,  writh  each  successive  sun, 
Life's  fading  visions  disappear. 

3  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone 

To  join  the  fugitives  before  ; 
And  I,  when  life's  employ  is  done, 
Shall  sleep,  to  wake  in  time  no  more. 

4  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone  ; 

But  soon  a  fairer  day  shall  rise, 
A  day  whose  never-setting  sun 

Shall  pour  its  light  o'er  cloudless  skies. 

5  Another  fleeting  day  is  gone  ; 

In  solemn  silence  rest,  my  soul ! 
Bow  down  before  His  awful  throne, 
Who  bids  the  morn  and  evening  roll. 

COLLYER. 
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moi:ni\<.   and   i.vini- 

66.  h.  M. 

Self-Exainination  anticipated  as  a  Guide  to  Duty. 

1  Before  we  close  our  eyes  each  night, 

Let  each,  with  care,  these  questions  ask ; 
Have  I  endeavored  to  do  right, 
Nor  thought  my  duty  but  a  task  ? 

2  Have  I  been  gentle,  lowly,  meek, 

And  the  small  voice  of  conscience  heard? 
When  passion  tempted  me  to  speak, 
Have  I  repressed  the  angry  word  ? 

3  Have  I  with  cheerful  zeal  obeyed 

What  my  kind  parents  bade  me  do  ? 
Have  I  by  word  or  action  said 

The  thing  that  was  not  strictly  true  ? 

4  In  hard  temptation's  troubled  hour, 

Then  have  I  stopped  to  think  and  pray, 
That  God  would  give  my  soul  the  power 
To  chase  the  sinful  thought  away  ? 

5  O  Thou  !  who  seest  all  my  heart, 

Do  thou  forgive  and  love  me  still ; 

Do  thou  each  day  new  strength  impart, 

And  make  me  love  and  do  thy  will. 

Follen. 

67.  8&Ts.  M. 

1  Heavenly  Father  !  grant  thy  blessing 
On  the  teaching  of  this  day  ; 


MORNING    AND    EVENING. 

That  our  hearts,  thy  fear  possessing, 
May  from  sin  be  turned  away. 

Have  we  wandered  ?     O,  forgive  us  ! 

Have  we  wished  from  truth  to  rove  ? 
Turn,  0,  turn  us,  and  receive  us, 

And  incline  us  truth  to  love  ! 


68.  C.  31. 

Evening  Hymn. 

1  Indulgent  God,  whose  bounteous  care 

O'er  all  thy  works  is  shown, 
0,  let  my  grateful  praise  and  prayer 
Ascend  before  thy  throne  ! 

2  What  mercies  has  this  day  bestowed  ! 

How  largely  hast  thou  blest ! 

My  cup  with  plenty  overflowed, 

With  cheerfulness  my  breast. 

3  So  bless  each  future  day  and  night, 

Till  life's  fond  scene  is  o'er ; 
At  length,  to  realms  of  endless  light 
Enraptured  let  me  soar. 

Axon. 

69.  ^  M. 

The  Setting  Sun. 

1  That  setting  sun  !  that  setting  sun  ! 
What  scenes,  since  first  its  race  begun, 
Of  varied  hue,  its  eye  hath  seen, 
Which  are  as  they  had  never  been. 

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MORNING    and    STONING. 

2  That  Betting  BUD  I   full  many  a  gaze 
I  lath  dwelt  upon  itfl  fading  raw. 

With  sweet,  according  thought  sublime, 

In  evtry  age,  and  every  clime! 

3  'T  is  sweet  to  mark  thee,  sinking  slow 
The  ocean's  tabled  cave-  below. 

And  when  the  obscuring  night  is  done, 
To  see  thee  rise,  BWeet  setting  sun. 


70.  C.  M. 

1  Soox  will  our  fleeting  hours  be  past ; 

And,  as  the  setting  sun 
Sinks  downward  in  the  radiant  west, 
Our  parting  beams  be  gone. 

2  May  He  from  whom  all  blessings  flow 

Our  sacred  rites  attend, 
Uniting  all  in  wisdom's  ways, 
Till  life's  short  journey  end  ; 

3  And  as  the  rapid  sands  run  down, 

Our  virtue  still  improve, 
Till  each  receive  the  glorious  crown 
Of  never-fading  love. 


ADORATION  AND   PRAISE. 


71.  I<  M 

1  Thou  great  Instructor,  lest  I  stray, 
O  teach  my  erring  feet  thy  way  ! 
Thy  truth,  with  ever  fresh  delight, 
Shall  guide  my  doubtful  steps  aright. 

2  How  oft  my  heart's  affections  yield, 
And  wander  o'er  the  world's  wide  field ! 
My  roving  passions,  Lord,  reclaim  ; 
Unite  them  all  to  fear  thy  name. 

3  Then,  to  my  God,  my  heart  and  tongue, 
With  all  their  powers,  shall  raise  the  song 
On  earth  thy  glories  I  '11  declare, 

Till  heaven  th'  immortal  notes  shall  hear. 


72.  C  M. 

Prayer  and  Praise. 

1  Lord,  when  we  bend  before  thy  throne, 
And  our  confessions  pour, 
Teach  us  to  feel  the  sins  we  own, 
And  shun  what  we  deplore. 


ADORATION    AM)    PRAI8B. 

2  Onr  contrite  spirit-  pitying  see, 
And  penitence  import  ; 
And  let  a  healing  ray  from  thee 
Beam  hop*'  upon  the  heart. 

8   When  our  responsive  tongu< 
Their  grateful  songs  to  raise, 

Grant  that  our  BOalfl  may  join  the  lay. 
And  rise  to  thee  in  praise. 

4  When  we  disclose  our  wants  in  prayer, 

May  we  our  wills  resign, 
And  not  a  thought  our  bosom  share, 
Which  is  not  wholly  thine. 

5  Let  faith  each  meek  petition  fill, 

And  watt  it  to  the  skies, 
And  teach  our  hearts  'tis  goodness  .-till 
That  grants  it  or  denies. 

More" s  Devotions. 


73.  c  m 

1  Hovr  are  thy  servants  blest !  0  Lord, 

How  sure  is  their  defence ! 
Eternal  wisdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help,  omnipotence. 

2  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 

Supported  by  thy  care, 
Through  burning  climes  they  pass  unhurt, 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

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ADORATION   AND   PRAISE. 

3  When,  by  the  dreadful  tempest,  borne 

High  on  the  broken  wave, 
They  know  thou  art  not  slow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  save. 

4  The  storm  is  laid,  —  the  winds  retire, 

Obedient  to  thy  will ; 
The  sea,  that  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  still. 

5  In  midst  of  danger,  fear,  and  death, 

Thy  goodness  we  '11  adore  ; 
We  '11  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

Addison. 

74.  l>  M. 

The  Father  of  our  Spirits. 

1  Eternal  Source  of  life  and  thought, 
Be  all  beneath  thyself  forgot ; 

Whilst  thee,  great  Parent-mind,  we  own, 
In  prostrate  homage  round  thy  throne. 

2  Whilst  in  themselves  our  souls  survey 
Of  thee  some  faint  reflected  ray, 
They,  wondering,  to  their  Father  rise ; 

His  power  how  vast !  his  thoughts  how  wise ! 

3  O,  may  we  live  before  thy  face, 
The  willing  subjects  of  thy  grace, 
And  through  each  path  of  duty  move 
With  filial  awe  and  filial  love. 

Doddridge. 

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AJtOBATION    ASH    PBJJ81  . 
75.  II    * 

ricadinii  the  Promise  of  the  Spirit. 

1  0  Thou  thai  nearest  prayer, 

Attend  our  humble  cry  ; 

And  let  thy  servants  Bhare 
Thy  blessing  from  on  high  : 
We  plead  the  promise  of  thy  word; 
Grant  us  thy  Holy  Spirit,  Lord. 

2  If  earthly  parents  hear 

Their  children  when  they  cry  ; 
If  they,  with  love  sincere, 

Their  varied  wants  supply  ; 
Much  more  wilt  thou  thy  love  display, 
And  answer  when  thy  children  pray. 

3  Our  Heavenly  Father  thou, — 

We,  children  of  thy  grace : 
0  let  thy  Spirit  now 

Descend  and  fill  the  place  ; 
So  shall  we  feel  the  heavenly  flame, 
And  all  unite  to  praise  thy  name. 

4  O  may  that  Sacred  Fire, 

Descending  from  above, 
Our  languid  hearts  inspire 
With  fervent  zeal  and  love  ; 
Enlighten  our  beclouded  eyes, 
And  teach  our  grovelling  souls  to  rise. 
Pratt's  Coll. 
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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

76.  L  31 

God  everywhere  to  be  worshipped. 

1  0  Thou,  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 

The  lyre  of  Hebrew  bards  was  strung ; 
Whom  kings  adored  in  songs  sublime, 

And  prophets  praised  with  glowing  tongue  ! 

2  Not  now  on  Zion's  height  alone 

Thy  favored  worshippers  may  dwell ; 
Nor  where,  at  sultry  noon,  thy  Son 
Sat  weary,  by  the  patriarch's  well. 

3  From  every  place  below  the  skies, 

The  grateful  song,  the  fervent  prayer,  — 
The  incense  of  the  heart,  —  may  rise 
To  heaven,  and  find  acceptance  there. 

4  To  thee  shall  age,  with  snowy  hair, 

And  strength,  and  beauty,  bend  the  knee ; 
And  childhood  lisp,  with  reverent  air, 
Its  praises  and  its  prayers  to  thee ! 

PlERPO^T. 

77.  C.  31. 

God  the  Giver  of  every  Good  Gift. 

1  Father,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift, 
On  thee  my  hope  depends, 
Convinced  that  every  perfect  gift 
From  thee  alone  descends. 

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ADORATION     \  \  1 1    PRAI8B* 

2  Mercy  and  grace  are  thine  alone, 

And  power  and  wisdpDQ  tOO  ; 

Without  the  Spirit  of  thy  Sen 

AYe  nothing  good  can  do. 

3  Thou  all  our  works  in  as  hast  wrought. 

Our  good  is  all  divine  ; 

The  praise  Of  every  holy  thought 

And  righteous  word  ifl  thine 

4  From  thee,  through  Jesus,  we  receive 

The  power  on  thee  to  call. 
In  whom  we  are,  and  move,  and  live: 
Our  God  is  all  iu  all. 

Epis.  Coll. 


78.  *  *  M- 

The  Accepted  Offering. 

1  Father  of  our  feeble  race. 

Wise,  beneficent,  and  kind, 
Spread  o'er  nature's  ample  face, 

Flows  thy  goodness  unconfined : 
Musing  in  the  silent  grove, 

Or  the  busy  walks  of  men, 
Still  we  trace  thy  wondrous  love, 

Claiming  large  returns  again. 

2  Lord,  what  offering  shall  we  bring 

At  thine  altars  when  we  bow? 
Hearts,  the  pure  unsullied  spring 
Whence  the  kind  affections  flow  ; 


ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

Soft  compassion's  feeling  soul, 
By  the  melting  eye  expressed  ; 

Sympathy,  at  whose  control 

Sorrow  leaves  the  wounded  breast ; 

3  Willing  hands  to  lead  the  blind, 

Bind  the  wounded,  feed  the  poor  ; 
Love,  embracing  all  our  kind, 
Charity,  with  liberal  store  : 
Teach  us,  O  thou  Heavenly  King, 
Thus  to  show  our  grateful  mind, 
Thus  the  accepted  offering  bring, 
Love  to  thee  and  all  mankind. 

J.  Taylor. 

79.  I*  M. 

Subjection  to  the  Divine  Will. 

1  O  thou,  who  hast  at  thy  command 
The  hearts  of  all  men  in  thy  hand  ! 
Our  wayward,  erring  hearts  incline 
To  have  no  other  will  but  thine. 

2  Our  wishes,  our  desires,  control ; 
Mould  every  purpose  of  the  soul; 
O'er  all  may  we  victorious  be 

That  stands  between  ourselves  and  thee. 

3  Thrice  blest  will  all  our  blessings  be. 
When  we  can  look  through  them  to  thee ; 
"When  each  glad  heart  its  tribute  pays 
Of  love,  and  gratitude,  and  praise. 

Mrs.  Cotter  ill. 

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Ainu;  \ri"\    ami    PRAISE. 

80.  <     M 

In\iikiiiL'  God'fl  Aid. 

1  Father  in  heaven,  to  thee  my  heart 

Would  lift  itself  in  prayer  : 
Drive  from  my  soul  each  earthly  thought, 
And  show  thy  presence  there. 

2  Each  moment  of  my  life  renews 

The  mercies  of  my  Lord, 
Each  moment  is  itself  a  gift, 

To  bear  me  on  to  God. 

3  O,  help  me  break  the  galling  chains 

This  world  has  round  me  thrown; 
Each  passion  of  my  heart  subdue, 
Each  darling  sin  disown. 

•A  O  Father,  kindle  in  my  breast 
A  never-dying  flame 

Of  holy  love,  of  grateful  trust 
In  thine  almighty  name. 

H.  Ware,  Jr. 

SI.  L  31. 

1  Father  of  lights  !  we  sing  thy  name. 

Who  kindlest  up  the  lamp  of  days 
Wide  as  he  spreads  his  golden  llame. 
His  beams  thy  power  and  love  display. 

2  Fountain  of  good  I  from  thee  proceed 

The  copious  drops  of  genial  rain, 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

Which  o'er  the  hill,  and  through  the  mead, 
Revive  the  grass,  and  swell  the  grain. 

3  0,  let  not  our  forgetful  hearts 

O'erlook  the  tokens  of  thy  care  ; 
But  what  thy  liberal  hand  imparts. 
Still  own  in  praise,  still  ask  in  prayer. 

4  So  shall  our  suns  more  grateful  shine, 

And  showers  in  sweeter  drops  shall  fall, 
When  all  our  hearts  and  lives  are  thine, 
And  thou,  0  God !  enjoyed  in  all. 

Doddridge. 

82.  ?  s-  M. 

Adoration. 

1  Holt,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

Be  thy  glorious  name  adored  ! 
Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail ; 
Hail,  celestial  goodness,  hail ! 

2  Though  not  worthy  of  thine  ear, 
Deign  our  humble  songs  to  hear ; 
Purer  praise  we  hope  to  bring, 
When  around  thy  throne  we  sing. 

3  There  no  tongue  shall  silent  be ; 
All  shall  join  in  harmony  ; 

That,  through  heaven's  capacious  round, 
Praise  to  thee  may  ever  sound. 

4  Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail ; 
Hail,  celestial  goodness,  hail ! 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAI8B. 

I [oly,  holy,  holy  Lord, 

glorious  name  adored  ! 

SaUSBI  i:  I 


s:j.  <>  m. 


1  Fa  mi.K  of  all !  in  every  age, 

In  <\  ery  clinic  adored, 
By  saint,  by  savage,  or  by  -age, 
The  universal  Lord  ! 

2  Thou  great  First  Cause !  least  understood, 

Who  all  my  sense  confined 

To  know  but  this,  —  that  thou  art  good, 
And  that  myself  am  blind  ;  — 

3  What  conscience  dictates  to  be  done, 

Or  warns  me  not  to  do, 
Thi<  teach  me  more  than  hell  to  shun, 
That  more  than  heaven  pursue. 

4  If  I  am  right,  thy  grace  impart 

Still  in  the  right  to  stay  ; 
If  I  am  wrong.  O.  teach  my  heart 
To  find  that  better  way. 

5  To  thee,  whose  temple  is  all  space, 

Whose  altar  earth,  sea.  skies, 
One  chorus  let  all  being  raise, 
All  nature's  incense  rise. 

Pope. 
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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 


84.  L  M. 


The  Providence  and  Grace  of  God. 

1  High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God  ! 

Thy  goodness  in  full  glory  shines ; 
Thy  truth  shall  break  through  every  cloud 
That  veils  or  darkens  thy  designs. 

2  Forever  firm  thy  justice  stands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep : 
Wise  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands, 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 

3  How  free  the  riches  of  thy  grace, 

"Whence  all  our  hopes  and  comforts  spring! 
And  how,  in  dangers  and  distress,* 
We  fly  to  thy  protecting  wing. 

4  From  the  provisions  of  thy  house, 

We  shall  be  fed  with  sweet  repast : 
There  mercy  like  a  river  flows, 
And  brings  salvation  to  our  taste. 

5  Life,  like  a  fountain,  rich  and  free, 

Springs  from  the  presence  of  my  Lord ; 
And,  in  thy  light,  our  souls  shall  see 
The  glories  promised  in  thy  word. 

Watts. 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

85.  L    » 

Praise  for  Loving-kiinin- 

1  Awake,  my  soul,  in  joyful  lays, 
And  Bing  thy  great  Redeemer's  prak 

He  justly  claim-  a  BODg  from  thee; 
His  loving  kindness,  (J  how  tree  ! 

2  ^Vhen  trouble,  like  a  gloomy  cloud, 
Has  gathered  thick  and  thundered  loud, 
He  near  my  soul  has  always  stood, 

His  loving-kindness,  O  how  good  ! 

3  Often  I  feel  my  sinful  heart 
Prone  from  my  Jesus  to  depart ; 
But  though  I  have  him  oft  forgot, 
His  loving-kindness  changes  not. 

4  Soon  shall  I  pass  the  gloomy  vale, 
Soon  all  my  mortal  powers  must  fail ; 
O  may  my  last  expiring  breath 

His  loving-kindness  sing  in  death  ! 

5  Then  let  me  mount  and  soar  away 
To  the  bright  world  of  endless  day  : 
And  sing,  with  rapture  and  surprise, 
His  loving-kindness  in  the  skies. 

Medley. 
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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

86.  Ii  31. 

Communion  with  God  the  Highest  Joy. 

1  Thou  only  Sovereign  of  my  heart, 

My  Refuge,  my  almighty  Friend  ! 
And  can  my  soul  from  thee  depart, 
On  whom  alone  my  hopes  depend  ? 

2  Whither  —  ah  !  whither  shall  I  go, 

A  wretched  wanderer  from  my  Lord? 
Can  this  dark  world  of  sin  and  woe 
One  glimpse  of  happiness  afford? 

3  Eternal  life  thy  words  impart ; 

On  these  my  fainting  spirit  lives : 
Here,  sweeter  comforts  cheer  my  heart 
Than  all  the  round  of  nature  gives. 

4  Let  earth's  alluring  joys  combine, 

While  thou  art  near,  in  vain  they  call: 
One  smile  —  one  blissful  smile  of  thine. 
My  dearest  Lord !  outweighs  them  all. 

5  Low  at  thy  feet  my  soul  would  lie ; 

Here  safety  dwells  —  and  peace  divine : 
Still  let  me  live  beneath  thine  eye, 
For  life  —  eternal  life  —  is  thine. 

Steele. 
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ADORATION    and    PRAJ8B. 

87.  s.  H. 

The  Praise  of  God  Sweet 

1  Sweet  is  the  work,  0  Lord! 
Thy  glorious  name  to  Bing, 

To  praise  and  pray,  to  hear  thy  word, 
And  grateful  offerings  bring. 

2  Sweet,  at  the  dawning  light, 
Thy  boundless  love  to  tell ; 

And,  when  approach  the  shades  of  night. 
Still  on  the  theme  to  dwell. 

3  Sweet,  on  thy  day  of  rest, 
To  join,  in  heart  and  voice, 

With  those  who  love  and  serve  thee  best, 
And  in  thy  name  rejoice. 

4  To  songs  of  praise  and  joy 
May  here  our  time  be  given, 

That  such  may  be  our  blest  employ 
Eternally  in  heaven. 

88.  L.  31. 

1   God  of  my  life,  to  thee  belong 
The  grateful  heart,  the  joyful  son:: : 
Touched  by  thy  love,  each  tuneful  chord 
Resounds  the  goodness  of  the  Lord. 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

Yet  why,  dear  Lord,  this  tender  care  ? 
Why  does  thy  hand  so  kindly  rear 
A  useless  cumberer  of  the  ground, 
On  which  so  little  fruit  is  found  ? 


3   Still  let  the  barren  fig-tree  stand, 
Upheld  and  fostered  by  thy  hand  ; 
And  let  its  fruit  and  verdure  be 
A  grateful  tribute,  Lord,  to  thee. 


89.  ~  s  M. 

1  Lord,  what  offering  shall  we  bring, 

At  thine  altars  when  we  bow  ? 
Hearts,  the  pure  unsullied  spring, 

Whence  the  kind  affections  flow ; 
Soft  compassion's  feeling  soul, 

By  the  melting  eye  expressed ; 
Sympathy,  at  whose  control 

Sorrow  leaves  the  wounded  breast ; 

2  "Willing  hands  to  lead  the  blind, 

Bind  the  wounded,  feed  the  poor ; 
Love,  embracing  all  our  kind ; 

Charity,  with  liberal  store  :  — 
Teach  us,  0  thou  Heavenly  King, 

Thus  to  show  our  grateful  mind, 
Thus  the  accepted  offering  bring, 

Love  to  thee  and  all  mankind. 


A. D ORATION    AND    PRAISE. 


90.  7  8-   K 

Wowhip, 

1  Lord  of  Hosts,  what  heavenly  bliss, 

ii  on  earth,  thy  worship  is ! 
1  [ere  may  we,  thy  children,  see 
Much  of  heaven  and  much  of  thee. 

2  From  thy  gracious  presence  Bows 
Bliss  that  softens  all  our  woes, 
While  thy  Spirit's  holy  fire 
Warms  our  hearts  with  pure  desire. 

3  Here  Ave  supplicate1  thy  throne. — 
Here  make  thou  thy  glories  known, — 
Here  we  l»arn  thy  righteous  wa; 
Ta-te  thy  love,  and  sing  thy  praise 

4  Tims  with  festive  songs  of  joy 
We  our  happy  lives  employ; 
Love,  and  long  to  love  thee  more, 
Till  from  earth  to  heaven  we  soar. 


91.  7  s.  31. 

God  the  "  Giver  of  ever}'  Good  Gift." 

1  Fathetc,  thy  paternal  care 

Has  my  guardian  been,  my  guide; 

Every  hallowed  wish  and  prayer 
Has  thy  hand  of  love  supplied  ; 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

Thine  is  every  thought  of  bliss 
Left  by  hours  and  days  gone  by ; 

Every  hope  thy  offspring  is, 
Beaming  from  futurity. 

2  Every  sun  of  splendid  ray  ; 

Every  moon  that  shines  serene  ; 
Every  morn  that  welcomes  day ; 

Every  evening's  twilight  scene ; 
Every  hour  which  wisdom  brings ; 

Every  incense  at  thy  shrine ; 
These  —  and  all  life's  holiest  things, 

And  its  fairest  —  all  are  thine. 

3  And  for  all,  my  hymns  shall  rise 

Daily  to  thy  gracious  throne  ; 
Thither  let  my  asking  eyes 

Turn  unwearied,  righteous  One  ! 
Through  life's  strange  vicissitude, 

There  reposing  all  my  care, 
Trusting  still,  through  ill  and  good, 

Fixed,  and  cheered,  and  counselled  there. 

Bo  WRING. 


92.  C.  M. 

God's  Presence  is  Light  in  Darkness. 

1  My  God  !  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights,  — 

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2  In  darkest  Bhades,  if  thou  appear. 
My  dawning  is  begun  : 
Thou  an  my  soul's  bright  morning  Btar, 
And  thoU  my  rising  sun. 

8  The  opening  heavens  around  me  shine 
With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 
While  Jesus  shows  bis  mercy  mine, 
And  whispers,  I  am  his  ! 

4  My  bou]  would  leave  this  heavy  clay 
At  that   transporting  word, 
And  run  with  joy  the  shining  way 
To  meet  my  gracious  Lord. 

Watts. 


93.  c  31 

1  There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read, 

Which  heavenly  truth  imparts  ; 

And  all  the  lore  it<  scholars  need, 

Pure  eyes  and  Christian  hearts. 

2  The  works  of  God,  above,  below, 

Within  u-  and  around. 
Are  pages  in  that  book,  to  show 
How  God  himself  is  found. 

3  The  glorious  sky.  embracing  all, 

I-  like  the  Father's  love  ; 
Wherewith  encompassed,  great  and  small 
In  peace  and  order  move. 

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ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

4  Two  worlds  are  ours  :  't  is  only  sin 

Forbids  us  to  descry 
The  mystic  heaven  and  earth  within, 
Plain  as  the  earth  and  sky. 

5  Thou  who  hast  given  me  eyes  to  see 

And  love  this  sight  so  fair, 
Give  me  a  heart  to  find  out  thee, 
And  read  thee  everywhere. 


94.  C.  31. 

The  one  Petition. 


1 


Father  !  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 
Thy  sovereign  will  denies, 

Accepted  at  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Let  this  petition  rise. 


2  "  Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart, 

From  every  murmur  free ! 
The  blessings  of  thy  grace  impart, 
And  make  me  live  to  thee. 

3  "  Let  the  sweet  hope  that  thou  art  mine 

My  life  and  death  attend  ; 
Thy  presence  through  my  journey  shine, 
And  crown  my  journey's  end." 

Mrs.  Steele. 

74 


ADORATION    am>    PRAISE. 

95.  <    ■■ 

Pure  Worship. 

1  The  offerings  to  thy  throne  wbicfa  rise, 

Of  mingled  praise  and  prayer. 
Are  but  a  worthless  sacrifice 
Unless  the  heart  is  there. 

2  Upon  thine  all-discerning  ear 

Let  no  vain  words  intrude  : 
No  tribute  but  the  vow  sincere. — 
The  tribute  of  the  good. 

3  Our  offerings  will  indeed  be  blest. 

It'  sanctified  by  thee,  — 
If  thy  pure  spirit  touch  the  breast 
With  its  own  purity. 

4  O,  may  that  spirit  warm  each  heart 

To  piety  and  love, 
And  to  life's  lowly  vale  impart 
Some  rays  from  heaven  above ! 

Bowsing. 

96.  L  31. 

The  Lor<i\s  Prayer. 

1   FATHER  !  adored  in  worlds  above, 

Thy  glorious  name  be  hallowed  still; 

Thy  kingdom  come,  in  truth  and  love  ; 
And  earth,  like  heaven,  obey  thy  will. 

To 


ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

2  Lord,  make  our  daily  wants  thy  care, 

Forgive  the  sins  that  we  forsake ; 
In  thy  compassion  let  us  share, 
As  fellow-men  of  ours  partake. 

3  Evils  beset  us  every  hour  ;  — 

Thy  kind  protection  we  implore : 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  thine  the  power,  — 
Be  thine  the  glory  evermore. 

Birmingham  Coll. 


97.  C.  M. 

Thy  Kingdom  come. 

1  Father  of  me  and  all  mankind, 

And  all  the  hosts  above. 

Let  every  understanding  mind 

Unite  to  praise  thy  love. 

2  Thy  kingdom  come,  with  power  and  grace, 

To  every  heart  of  man  ; 
Thy  peace,  and  joy,  and  righteousness, 
In  all  our  bosoms  reign  ;  — 

3  The  righteousness  that  never  ends, 

But  makes  an  end  of  sin  ; 
The  joy  that  human  thought  transcends, 
And  calms  the  soul  within ; 

4  The  kingdom  of  established  peace, 

Which  can  no  more  remove  ; 
The  perfect  power  of  godliness, 
The  omnipotence  of  love. 

Wesley's  Coll. 
76 


IDOBATIOD    AMD    PJUJSE. 

98.  *  ft 

m  Do  all  to  the  CRofy  of  Bod.91 

1  Ti.ach  me,  my  I  rod  and  King, 
In  all  things  thee  to  -• 

And  what  I  do  in  anything, 
To  do  it  as  for  thee ;  — 

2  To  acorn  the  senses'  sway. 

While  Still  to  thee   I  tend  : 

In  all  I  ih),  be  thou  the  way, — 
In  all,  be  thou  the  end. 

3  All  may  of  thee  partake  ; 
Nothing  so  small  can  be, 

But  draws,  when  acted  for  thy  sake, 
Greatness  and  worth  from  thee. 

4  If  done  beneath  thy  laws, 
E'en  servile  labors  shine  ; 

Hallowed  is  toil,  if  this  the  cause, — 
The  meanest  work  divine. 

Herbert. 

99.  6  &  4  s.  M. 

1   Praise  ye  Jehovah's  name  ; 

Praise  through  his  courts  proclaim 

Rise  and  adore  ; 
High  o'er  the  heavens  above, 
Sound  his  great  acts  of  love, 
While  his  rich  acts  we  prove, 

Vast  as  his  power. 

7  *  77 


ADORATION    AND    PRAISE. 

Now  let  the  trumpet  raise 
Triumphant  sounds  of  praise, 

Wide  as  his  fame  ; 
There  let  the  harp  be  found ; 
Organs,  with  solemn  sound, 
Roll  your  deep  notes  around, 

Filled  with  his  name. 

While  his  high  praise  ye  sing, 
Shake  every  sounding  string  ; 

Sweet  the  accord  ! 
He  vital  breath  bestows  ; 
Let  every  breath  that  flows, 
His  noblest  fame  disclose  ; 

Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

W.  Goode. 


7S 


MA.1KSTY    OF    GOD. 


100.  c. :». 

ihip. 

1  WhKREWITH  >liall  we  approach  the  Lord, 

And  bow  before  his  throne  ? 
O,  how  procure  his  kind  regard, 

And  for  our  guilt  atone  ? 

2  Shall  altars  flame,  and  victims  bleed, 

And  spicy  fumes  ascend? 
Will  these  our  earnest  wish  succeed? 
Will  these  make  God  our  friend? 

3  O,  no,  't  were  vain  and  fruitless  all, 

Such  offerings  to  give : 
No  presents  from  the  field  or  stall 
His  favor  can  receive. 

4  To  men  their  rights  we  must  allow, 

And  proofs  of  kindness  give  ; 
To  God  with  humble  reverence  bow, 
And  to  his  glory  live. 

5  Hands  that  are  clean,  and  hearts  sincere, 

He  never  will  despise  ; 
And  cheerful  duty  he  '11  prefer 
To  costly  sacrifice. 

Browne. 
79 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 


101. 


C.  31. 


1  How  dread  are  thine  eternal  years, 

O  everlasting  Lord  ! 
By  prostrate  spirit-  day  and  night 
Incessantly  adored  ! 

2  Yet  I  may  love  thee  too,  O  Lord ! 

Almighty  as  thou  art. 
For  thou  hast  stooped  to  ask  of  me 
The  love  of  my  poor  heart. 

3  Xo  earthly  father  loves  like  thee, 

Xo  mother  half  so  mild 
Bears  and  forbears,  as  thou  hast  done 
With  me,  thy  sinful  child. 

4  Only  to  sit  and  think  of  God  — 

0  what  a  joy  it  is  ! 
To  think  the  thought,  to  breathe  the  name, 
Earth  has  no  higher  bliss ! 

5  Father  of  Jesus  !  love's  reward  ! 

What  rapture  will  it  be, 
Prostrate  before  thy  throne  to  lie. 
And  gaze  and  gaze  on  thee  ! 

Lyra  Cath. 


102. 


S.  M. 


1      Sure  there  's  a  dreadful  God. 
Though  men  renounce  his  fear 
so 


1 


MAJESTY    01     GOD, 

Bis  justice,  hid  behind  the  cloud, 

Shall  one  ureal  day  ap] 

2  IIi<  truth  transcends  the  sky, 

In  heaven  hi-  mercies  dwell  ; 

Deep  as  the  96a  his  judgments  lie, 

Bis  anger  burn-  to  hell. 

3  How  excellent  hi-  love, 

Whence  all  our  safety  Bprin 

O  never  lei  my  soul  remove 
From  underneath  his  wings. 


103.  I-  >* 

Been  in  ail  Things. 

1  There  is  a  God,  —  all  nature  speaks, 

Through  earth,  and  air,  and  sea,  and  skies  ; 
See,  from  the  clouds  his  glory  breaks, 
When  earliest  beams  of  morning  rise. 

2  The  rising  sun,  serenely  bright, 

Throughout  the  world's  extended  frame, 
Inscribes,  in  characters  of  light, 

His  mighty  maker's  glorious  name. 

3  Ye  curious  mind-,  who  roam  abroad. 

And  trace  creation's  wonders  o'er. 

Confess  the  footsteps  of  your  God, — 

Bow  dowm  before  him,  and  adore. 

Steele. 
81 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 


104,  I-  M. 


1  Lord,  thou  hast  searched  and  seen  me  through ; 
Thine  eye  commands,  with  piercing  view, 

My  rising  and  my  resting  hours, 

My  heart  and  flesh,  with  all  their  powers. 

2  My  thoughts,  before  they  are  my  own, 
Are  to  my  God  distinctly  known  ; 

He  knows  the  words  I  mean  to  speak 
Ere  from  my  opening  lips  they  break. 

3  Within  thy  circling  power  I  stand  ; 
On  every  side  I  find  thy  hand  ; 
Awake,  asleep,  at  home,  abroad, 

I  am  surrounded  still  with  God. 

4  Amazing  knowledge,  vast  and  great ! 
What  large  extent !  what  lofty  height ! 
My  soul,  with  all  the  powers  I  boast, 
Is  in  the  boundless  prospect  lost. 

5  O,  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast, 
Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  rest, 

Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
Consent  to  sin,  for  God  is  there. 

Watts. 

105.  L.  M. 

God's  Sustaining  Presence. 

1  Father  and  Friend,  thy  light,  thy  love, 
Beaming  through  all  thy  works,  we  see ; 

82 


HAJEST1    01     GOD. 

Thy  glory  gilds  the  heavens  above, 
And  ail  the  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

2  Thy  voice  we  hear,  thy  presence  feel, 
Whilst  thou,  too  pure  for  mortal  Bight, 
Involved  in  clouds,  invisible, 

Eb  ignest  the  Lord  of  life  and  light. 

o  We  know  not  in  whal  hallowed  part 

Of  the  wide  heavens  thy  throne  may  ho, 

But  this  wo  know,  —  thai   where  thou  art. 

Strength,  wisdom,  goodness,  dwell  with  thee. 

4  And  through  tin1  various  maze  of  time, 

And  through  the  infinity  ofspac 
We  follow  thy  career  sublime, 

And  all  thy  wondrous  footsteps  trace. 

5  Thy  children  shall  not  faint  nor  fear, 

Sustained  by  this  delightful  thought, — 
Since  thou,  their  God,  art  everywhere, 
They  cannot  be  where  thou  art  not. 

Bo  WRING. 


106.  C.  31. 

God  Everywhere. 

1  Ix  all  my  vast  concerns  with  thee, 
In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  Lord,  or  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

2  Thine  all-surrounding  sight  surveys 

My  rising  and  my  rest ; 
My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 
And  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  the  Lord, 

Before  they  're  formed  within  ; 
And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
He  knows  the  sense  I  mean. 

4  0,  wondrous  knowledge,  deep  and  high  ! 

Where  can  a  creature  hide  ? 
Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 

And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 
To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill, 
Secured  by  sovereign  love. 

Watts. 


107. 


L,.  M.  6  1. 


God  the  Life  and  Light  of  the  World. 

1  Thou  art,  0  God,  the  life  and  light 

Of  all  this  wondrous  world  we  see ; 
Its  glow  by  day,  its  smile  by  night, 

Are  but  reflections  caught  from  thee. 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine, 
And  all  things  fair  and  bright  are  thine. 

2  When  day,  with  farewell  beam,  delays 

Among  the  opening  clouds  of  even, 

84 


MAJESTT    OP    ' 

And  we  can  almost  think  we  gaze, 

Through  golden  vistas,  into  heaven, 
The--'  hoes  thai  make  the  Bun's  decline 
So  soft,  bo  radiant,  Lord,  are  thine. 

9  When  night,  with  wings  of  starry  gloom, 
(  t'ershadows  all  the  earth  and  gkies, 
Like  some  dark,  beauteous  bird,  whose  plume 

[s  sparkling  with  unnumbered  eyes, 
That  Bacred  -loom,  those  fires  divine, 
So  grand,  so  countless,  Lord,  are  thine. 

4  When  youthful  spring  around  us  breathes, 

Thy  spirit  warms  her  fragrant  sigh ; 

And  every  flower  the  summer  wreathes 

Is  born  beneath  thy  kindling 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine, 
And  all  thing-  fair  and  bright  are  thine. 

S.  Moob& 


108.  I*  W. 

1  Infinite  leagues  beyond  the  sky 

The  great  Eternal  reigns  alone, 
Where  neither  wings  nor  souls  can  fly, 
Nor  angels  climb  the  topless  throne. 

2  The  Lord  of  glory  builds  his  seat 

Of  gems  insufferably  bright, 
And  lays  beneath  his  sacred  feet 
Substantial  beams  of  gloomy  night. 

8  S5 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 


Yet,  glorious  Lord,  thy  gracious  eyes 
Look  through  and  cheer  us  from  above ; 

Beyond  our  praise  thy  grandeur  flies; 
Yet  we  adore,  and  yet  we  love. 

Watts. 


109.  C.  P.  M. 

Acknowledgment  of  God's  constant  Goodness. 

1  Great  Source  of  unexhausted  good  ! 
Who  giv'st  us  help,  and  friends,  and  food, 

And  peace,  and  calm  content ; 
Like  fragrant  incense  to  the  skies, 
Let  songs  of  grateful  praises  rise, 

For  all  thy  blessings  lent. 

2  Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  day, 
Thy  providence  attends  our  way, 

To  guard  us  and  to  guide  ; 
Thy  grace  directs  our  wandering  will, 
And  warns  us,  lest  seducing  ill 

Allure  our  souls  aside. 

3  Thy  smiles,  with  a  reviving  light, 
Cheer  the  long,  darksome  hours  of  night, 

And  gild  the  thickest  gloom ; 
Thy  watchful  love,  around  our  bed, 
Doth  softly  like  a  curtain  spread, 

And  guard  the  peaceful  room. 

4  To  thee  our  lives,  our  all,  we  owe, 
Our  peace  and  sweetest  joys  below, 

86 


KAJE8T1    OF    GOD. 

Ami  brighter  hope-  above ; 
Then  let  our  lives,  and  all  thai  'a  ours, 
( )ur  souls,  ami  all  our  active  powers, 

Be  -acred  to  thy  loi  e. 

Thus,  gracious  Father!  thee  we  praise; 
And,  while  our  feeble  Bongs  we  cAise 

To  bleSS  thee  and  adore. 

Some  spark  of  heavenly  fire  impart, 
And  teach  each  humble,  grateful  heart 
To  bless  and  love  thee  more. 

EXETBB    (  lOLL. 


HO.  L.M. 

1  Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 

Ye  nation-,  how  with  sacred  jov  : 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone; 
lie  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 

Made  us  of  clay,  and  formed  us  men  ; 
And  when,  like  wandering  sheep,  we  strayed, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We  are  his  people,  —  we  his  care, — 

Our  souls,  and  all  our  mortal  frame: 
What  lasting  honors  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

4  We  '11  crowd  thy  gates,  with  thankful  songs, 

High  as  the  heaven  our  voices  raise  ; 
And  earth,  with  all  her  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

87 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

5  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 
Vast  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  shall  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 

Watts. 

111.  JL  31. 

Presence  of  God. 

1  God  of  the  ocean,  earth,  and  sky ! 

In  thy  bright  presence  we  rejoice  ; 
We  feel  thee,  see  thee,  ever  nigh, 
We  ever  hear  thy  gracious  voice. 

2  We  feel  thee  in  the  sunny  beam  ; 

We  see  thee  walk  the  mountain  waves ; 
We  hear  thee  in  the  murmuring  stream, 
And  when  the  midnight  tempest  raves. 

3  God  on  the  lonely  hills  we  meet ; 

God,  in  the  valley  and  the  grove ; 
While  birds  and  whispering  winds  repeat 
That  God  is  there, —  that  God  is  love  ! 

4  We  meet  thee  in  the  silent  hour, 

When  wearied  nature  sinks  to  rest ; 
When  dies  the  breeze,  and  sleeps  the  flower, 
And  peace  is  given  to  every  breast. 

5  We  see  thee  when  at  eve  afar 

We  upward  lift  our  wondering  sight,  — 
We  see  thee  in  each  glittering  star 
That  beautifies  the  gloom  of  night. 


MA. II    -  I  V     01       >■ 


6  Bui  better  still,  and  -till  more  dear, 
Thee  in  the  Bacred  page  «*e 
There  thy  own  glorious  word-  ire  hear, 
And  learn  the  way  to  heaven  and  thee. 


112.  I*M. 

1  All-powerful,  Belf-existenl  1 1 

A\'ho  all  creation  dosl  sustain  ! 

Thou  wast,  and  art,  and  art  to  conic. 
And  everlasting  is  thy  reign. 

2  Fixed  and  eternal  as  thy  days, 

Each  glorious  attribute  divine, 
Through  ages  infinite,  shall  -till 
With  undiminished  Lustre  shine. 

3  Fountain  of  being  !   Source  of  good  ! 

Immutable  thou  dost  remain  ! 
Nor  can  the  shadow  of  a  change 
Obscure  the  glories  of  thy  reign. 

4  Earth  may  with  all  her  powers  dissolve, 

If  such  the  great  Creator's  will  ; 
But  thou  forever  art  the  same, 
I  am  is  thy  memorial  still. 


113.  8.  11 

Nature  and  Revelation. 

1     Behold  !  the  lofty  sky 
Declares  its  maker,  God  : 

8*  89 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

And  all  his  starry  worlds  on  high 
Proclaim  his  power  abroad. 

2  The  darkness  and  the  light 
Still  keep  their  course  the  same  ; 

While  night  to  day,  and  day  to  night, 
Divinely  teach  his  name. 

3  In  every  different  land 
Their  general  voice  is  known  ; 

They  show  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
And  orders  of  his  throne. 

4  Ye  Christian  lands  !  rejoice  ; 
Here  he  reveals  his  word  ; 

We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice, 
To  bid  us  know  the  Lord. 

5  His  laws  are  just  and  pure, 
His  truth  without  deceit ; 

His  promises  forever  sure, 
And  his  rewards  are  great. 

Watts. 


114.  **  M. 

Nature  and  Revelation. 

1  The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord ! 
In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines  ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word, 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

90 


MA.M.MY     <>l      GOD. 

2  The  rolling  bud,  the  changing  light, 

Ami  nights  and  days  thy  power  confesi  i 
But  the  blesl  volume  thou  hast  wril 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  in-.: 

3  Nor  shall  thy  spreading  gospel  rest, 

Till  through  the  world  thy  truth  has  run, 
Till  Christ  has  all  the  nation-  Mest, 
That  see  the  light,  or  feel  tin.1  Bun. 

4  Great  Sun  of  Righteousness  !  arise  ; 

Bless  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light  ; 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise, 

Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

5  Thy  noblest  wonders  here  we  view. 

In  souls  renewed,  and  sins  forgiven  : 
Lord  !  cleanse  my  sins,  my  soul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  heaven. 

Watts. 


115.  c  ■■ 

God's  Eternal  Dominion. 

1  Great  God  !  how  infinite  art  thou  !  - 

What  worthless  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  wdiole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise  to  thee. 

2  Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 

Ere  seas  or  stars  were  made : 
Thou  art  the  ever-living  God, 
Were  all  the  nations  dead. 

91 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

3  Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Stands  present  in  thy  view: 
To  thee  there  's  nothing  old  appears  — 
Great  God  !  there 's  nothing  new. 

4  Our  lives  through  varying  scenes  are  drawn, 

And  vexed  with  trifling-  cares  ; 
While  thine  eternal  thought  moves  on 
Thine  undisturbed  affairs. 

5  Great  God  !  how  infinite  art  thou  !  — 

What  worthless  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise  to  thee. 

Watts. 

116.  C.  31. 

Prayer  for  Wisdom. 

1  Almighty  God,  in  humble  prayer 

To  thee  our  souls  we  lift; 
Do  thou  our  waiting  minds  prepare 
For  thy  most  needful  gift. 

2  We  ask  not  golden  streams  of  wealth 

Along  our  path  to  flow  ; 
We  ask  not  undecaying  health, 
Nor  length  of  years  below  : 

3  We  ask  not  honors,  which  an  hour 

May  bring  and  take  away  ; 
We  ask  not  pleasure,  pomp,  or  power, 
Lest  we  should  go  astray  : 


KAJE9TT    01    <.'»i>. 

1  We  ask  for  wisdom:  Lord,  impart 
The  knowledge  how  to  liv<-  ; 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart 
1     each  of  us  now 

5  May  we  remember  thee  in  youth, 
Before  the  ei  il  days  ; 
And  e'er  be  guided  by  thy  truth 
In  wisdom's  pleasant  ways. 

MOHTGOMEBT. 

117.  L  «• 

Majesty  of  God. 

1  Come,  O  my  soul !  in  sacred  lays, 
Attempt  thy  great  Creator's  praise ; 

But  oli !  what  tongue  can  speak  his  fame  ? 
What  mortal  verse  can  reach  the  theme? 

2  Enthroned  amid  the  radiant  spheres, 
He  glory,  like  a  garment,  wears  ; 
To  form  a  robe  of  light  divine 

Ten  thousand  suns  around  him  shine. 

3  In  all  our  Maker's  grand  designs, 
Omnipotence,  with  wisdom,  shines; 

His  works,  through  all  this  wondrous  frame, 
Declare  the  glory  of  his  name. 

4  Raised  on  devotion's  lofty  wing, 
Do  thou,  my  soul !  his  glories  sing  ; 
And  let  his  praise  employ  thy  tongue, 
Till  listening  worlds  shall  join  the  song. 

Blacklock. 

93 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

118.  S  Mt. 

Praise  to  our  Creator. 

1  Almighty  Maker,  God, 
How  wondrous  is  thy  name ! 

Thy  glories  how  diffused  abroad, 

Through  all  creation's  frame  ! 

2  Nature,  in  every  dress, 
Her  humble  homage  pays : 

And  finds  a  thousand  ways  to  express 
Her  gratitude  and  praise. 

3  The  lark  mounts  up  on  high 
TVith  unambitious  song, 

And  bears  her  Maker's  praise  on  high, 
Upon  her  artless  tongue. 

4  My  soul  would  rise  and  sing 
Her  great  Creator  too  ; 

Fain  would  my  tongue  adore  my  King, 
And  pay  the  homage  due. 

5  For  God  then  let  me  spend 
The  remnant  of  my  days, 

And  ever  may  my  soul  ascend, 
In  grateful  songs  of  praise. 

"Watts. 

119.  I-M 

The  Goodness  and  Mercy  of  God  celebrated. 

1  Bless,  0  my  soul,  the  living  God, 

Call  home  thy  thoughts  that  rove  abroad ; 

94 


liAJES  n     01     <■<  »i». 

Let  all  the  powers  *  ithio  me  j<»in, 
Jn  work  and  worship  bo  divine. 

2   Bless,  0  my  soul,  the  God  of  grace: 
His  Favors  claim  thy  highest  praise  : 
Let  not  the  wonders  he  hath  wrought 
Be  lost  in  silence  and  forgot 

S    T  is  he,  my  bouI,  that  sent  his  S 

To  die  for  crime-  which  thou  hast  done: 
lie  owns  the  ransom,  and  forgii 

The  hourly  lollies  of  our  li\»  9. 

•1    Let  every  land  his  power  confess, 
Let  all  the  earth  adore  his  grace: 
My  heart  and  tongue  with  rapture  join, 
In  work  and  worship  so  divine. 


120.  C.  BE. 

The  Bounties  of  Providence. 

1  Lord,  when  my  raptured  thought  surveys 

Creation's  beauties  o'er, 
All  nature  joins  to  teach  thy  praise, 
And  bid  my  soul  adore. 

2  Where'er  I  turn  my  gazing  eyes, 

Thy  radiant  footsteps  shine; 

Ten  thousand  pleasing  wonders  rise, 
And  speak  their  source  divine. 

3  On  me  thy  providence  has  shone 

With  gentle,  smiling  rays  : 

95 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

O,  let  my  lips  and  life  make  known 
Thy  goodness  and  thy  praise. 

4  All-bounteous  Lord,  thy  grace  impart ; 
O,  teach  me  to  improve 
Thy  gifts,  with  ever  grateful  heart ; 
And  crown  them  with  thy  love. 

Steele. 

121.  10  s.  31. 

Imploring  Divine  Light. 

1  0  Thou,  whose  power  o'er  moving  worlds  pre- 

sides, 
Whose  voice  created,  and  whose  wisdom  guides, 
On  darkling  man  in  pure  effulgence  shine, 
And  cheer  the  clouded  mind  with  light  divine. 

2  'Tis  thine  alone  to  calm  the  pious  breast 
With  silent  confidence  and  holy  rest ; 

From  thee,  great  God,  we  spring ;  to  thee  we 

tend, 
Path,  Motive,  Guide,  Original,  and  End. 

Dr.  Johxsox. 

122.  ?  s.  M. 

1  Blest  Instructor,  from  thy  ways 
Who  can  tell  how  oft  he  strays  ? 
Purge  me  from  the  guilt  that  lies 
Wrapt  within  my  heart's  disguise. 

2  Let  my  tongue,  from  error  free, 
Speak  the  words  approved  by  thee  ; 

96 


M  LJE8T1     01     G<  »i>- 

To  thine  all-obsen  ing  i 
Lei  our  thoughts  accepted  ri 

S    While  I   thus  thy  name  adore. 

And  thy  healing  grace  Implore, 
1 '»'  3l  R<  deemer  !  bow  thine  ear  : 
I  -  d.  my  strength  !  propitious  hear. 

Mi.ia:n  K. 

123.  I    M. 

Deliverance  from  Bin  desired. 

1  And  dost  thou  say,  "Ask  what  thou  wilt"? 

Lord,  I  would  seize  the  golden  hour  — 
I  pray  to  be  released  from  guilt, 

And  Breed  from  sin's  polluting  power. 

2  More  of  thy  presence,  Lord,  impart  ; 

More  of  thine  image  let  me  bear; 

Erect  thy  throne  within  my  heart. 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there. 

3  Give  me  to  read  my  pardon  sealed, 

And  from  thy  joy  to  draw  my  strength ; 
O.  be  thy  boundless  love  revealed 

In  all  its  height  and  breadth  and  length  ! 

4  Grant  these  requests  —  I  ask  no  more, 

Bui  to  thy  care  the  rest  resign: 
Sick  or  in  health,  or  rich  or  poor, 
All  shall  be  well,  if  thou  art  mine. 

Xewtox. 
9  97 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

124.  C.  M. 

Confidence  in  God. 

1  Since  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time 

God's  watchful  eye  surveys, 
O,  who  so  wise  to  choose  our  lot, 
Or  to  appoint  our  ways  ! 

2  Good,  when  he  gives  —  supremely  good, 

Nor  less  when  he  denies  ; 
E'en  crosses,  from  his  sovereign  hand, 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

\ 

3  Why  should  we  doubt  a  Father's  love, 

So  constant  and  so  kind  ? 

To  his  unerring,  gracious  will 

Be  every  wish  resigned. 


4  In  thy  fair  book  of  life  divine, 
My  God,  inscribe  my  name  ; 
There  let  it  fill  some  humble  place 
Beneath  my  Lord  the  Lamb  ! 

Hervey. 

125.  L  M. 

The  Joy  in  Worshipping  God* 

1   Great  God,  attend  while  here  we  sing 
The  joys  that  from  thy  presence  spring ; 
To  spend  one  hour  with  thee  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

98 


M A.n.-i  v    OF    GOD. 

2  I  lod  ia  <>ur  Sun,  he  makes  oar  day  ; 
God  La  oar  Shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  .'ill  the  assaults  of  hell  and  eon, 

From  tors  without  and  iocs  within. 

3  All  needful  grace  will  God  best 

And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too; 
Be  gives  us  all  things,  and  withhold- 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

4  Then  lei  us  walk  with  growing  strength. 

Till  all  shall  meet  in  heaven  at  length  ; 
Till  all  before  thy  face  appear. 
And  join  in  nobler  worship  there. 

Watts. 


126.  L  H. 

God  our  Father. 

1  Great  God!  and  wilt  thou  condescend 
To  be  my  Father  and  my  friend  ? 

I  but  a  child,  and  thou  so  high, 
The  Lord  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sky  ! 

2  Art  thou  my  Father?  —  Let  me  be 
A  meek,  obedient  child  to  thee  ; 
And  try,  in  every  deed  and  thought, 
To  serve  and  please  thee  as  I  ought. 

3  Art  thou  my  Father  ?  —  I  '11  depend 
Upon  the  care  of  such  a  friend  ; 
And  only  wish  to  do  and  be 
Whatever  seemeth  good  to  thee. 

99 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 


4  Art  thou  my  Father  ?  —  Then,  at  last, 
When  all  my  days  on  earth  are  past, 
Send  down,  and  take  me,  in  thy  love, 
To  be  thy  better  child  above. 


127.  L  M. 

Wisdom  and  Knowledge  of  God. 

1  Awake,  my  tongue — -thy  tribute  bring- 
To  him  who  gave  thee  power  to  sing; 
Praise  him,  who  is  all  praise  above, 
The  source  of  wisdom  and  of  love. 

2  How  vast  his  knowledge  !  how  profound  ! 

A  depth  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drowned  ! 
The  stars  he  numbers,  and  their  names 
He  gives  to  all  those  heavenly  flames. 

3  Through  each  bright  world  above,  behold 
Ten  thousand  thousand  charms  unfold : 
Earth,  air,  and  mighty  seas  combine, 

To  speak  his  wisdom  all  divine. 

4  But  in  redemption,  O  what  grace  ! 

Its  wonders,  O  what  thought  can  trace  ! 
Here  wisdom  shines  forever  bright  — 
Praise  him,  my  soul,  with  sweet  delight. 


128.  L  M 

God  Incomprehensible. 

1   Can  creatures  to  perfection  find 
The  eternal,  uncreated  mind  ? 

100 


MAJB8T1     01     GOD, 

Or  can  the  largest  stretch  of  thought 
Mi  asure  and  search  his  nature  out  ? 

2  T  is  high  as  heaven,  't  is  deep  as  hell  ; 
And  what  can  mortals  know  or  tell? 
His  glory  Bpreads  beyond  the  sky, 
And  all  the  Bhining  worlds  on  high. 

3  lie  frowns,  and  darkness  veils  the  moon, 
The  tainting  bud  grows  dim  at  noon; 
The  pillars  of  heaven's  starry  roof 
Tremble  and  start  at  his  reproof. 

4  These  are  a  portion  of  his  ways  : 
But  who  shall  dare  describe  his  lace? 

Who  can  endure  his  light,  or  stand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand? 

Watts. 


129.  6  &  4  s.  M. 

The  Trinity. 

1  Come,  thou  almighty  King, 
Help  us  thy  name  to  sing, 

Help  us  to  praise  ! 
Father  all  glorious, 
O'er  all  victorious, 
Come  and  re  ion  over  us. 

Ancient  of  Day-. 

2  Jesus,  our  Lord,  arise, 
Scatter  our  enemies, 

Now  make  them  fall ! 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

Let  thine  almighty  aid 
Our  sure  defence  be  made, 
Our  souls  on  thee  be  stayed  — 
Lord,  hear  our  call ! 

Come,  thou,  incarnate  Word, 
Gird  on  thy  mighty  sword  ; 

Our  prayer  attend  ! 
Come,  and  thy  people  bless, 
Come,  give  thy  word  success; 
Spirit  of  holiness, 

On  us  descend  ! 

Come,  holy  Comforter, 
Thy  sacred  witness  bear, 

In  this  glad  hour  ! 
Thou,  who  almighty  art ; 
Now  rule  in  every  heart, 
And  ne'er  from  us  depart, 

Spirit  of  power. 

To  thee,  great  Oxe  in  Three, 
The  highest  praises  be, 

Hence  evermore  ! 
Thy  sovereign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see, 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore  ! 

Axon. 


130. 


L.M. 

God  seen  in  All. 


1  My  God  !  all  nature  owns  thy  sway  ; 
Thou  giv'st  the  night  and  thou  the  day  : 
102 


IfAJESTl     OF    GOD. 

When  all  thy  1<.\ ed  creation  wak 
When  morning,  rich  in  Lustre,  breaks, 
And  bathes  in  dew  the  opening  flower, 

To  thee  we  owe  her  fragrant  hour  ; 
And  when  Bhe  pours  her  choral  song, 
Her  melodies  to  thee  belong. 

2  Or  when,  in  paler  tints  arrayed, 

The  evening  -lowly  spreads  her  -hade. 
That  soothing  shade,  that  grateful  gloom, 

(an.  more  than  day'-  enlivening  bloom, 
Still  every  fond  and  vain  desire, 
And  calmer,  purer  thoughts  inspire  ; 
From  earth  the  pensive  spirit  free, 
And  lead  the  softened  heart  to  thee. 

3  In  every  scene  thy  hands  have  dressed, 
In  every  form  by  thee  impressed 
Upon  the  mountain's  awful  head. 

Or  where  the  sheltering  woods  are  spread : 
In  every  note  that  swells  the  gale, 
Or  tuneful  stream  that  cheers  the  vale, 
The  cavern's  depth,  or  echoing  grove,  — 
A  voice  is  heard  of  praise  and  love. 

4  As  o'er  thy  work  the  seasons  roll, 

And  soothe,  with  change  of  bliss,  the  soul, 
O,  never  may  their  smiling  train 
Pass  o'er  the  human  sense  in  vain  ! 
But  oft,  as  on  their  charms  we  gaze, 
Attune  the  wondering  soul  to  praise  ; 
And  be  the  joys  that  most  we  prize 
Those  joys  that  from  thy  favor  rise  ! 

H.  M.  Williams. 

103 


MAJESTY    OF    GOD. 

131.  L  M. 

The  Fear  of  God. 

1  Great  Author  of  all  nature's  frame  ! 
Holy  and  reverend  is  thy  name ! 
Thou,  Lord  of  life,  and  Lord  of  death, 
Worlds  rise  and  vanish  at  thy  breath. 

2  Nations,  in  thine  all-seeing  eye, 
Are  less  than  nothing,  vanity  ; 
Against  thee  who  shall  lift  his  hand  ? 
Before  thy  terrors  who  can  stand  ? 

3  But  blest  are  they.  O  gracious  Lord, 
Who  fear  thy  name  and  hear  thy  word ; 
With  such  thy  dwelling  is,  on  those 
Thy  peace  its  joy  divine  bestows. 

4  O  that  my  soul,  with  awful  sense 
Of  thy  transcendent  excellence, 
May  close  the  day,  the  day  begin, 
Watchful  against  each  darling  sin ! 

5  Never,  O  never  from  my  heart 
May  this  great  principle  depart ! 
But  act,  with  unabating  power, 
Within  me,  to  my  latest  hour. 

J.  Scott. 

132.  €.  M. 

The  unceasing  Goodness  of  God. 

1  Jehoyah  God  !  thy  gracious  power 
On  every  hand  we  see ; 

104 


MA.M  -  n    01     i • 

( ).  may  the  blessings  of  each  hoar 
I <ead  all  our  thoughts  to  il'1 

2  If  on  the  wings  of  morn  we  speed 
l*o  earth's  remotest  bound. 
Thy  hand  will  there  our  footsteps  lead, 
Thy  love,  our  path  surround. 

S   Thy  power  is  in  the  ocean  (loop- 
Ami  reaches  to  the  Bkies  ; 
Thine  eye  of  mercy  never  sleeps, 
Thy  goodness  never  dies. 

4  From  morn  till  noon,  till  latest  eve, 

The  hand  of  God  we  see  ; 
And  all  the  blessings  we  receive 
Ceaseless  proceed  from  thee. 

5  In  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time, 

On  thee  our  hopes  depend  ; 
Through  every  age.  in  every  clime, 
Our  Father  and  our  Friend  ! 

Thomson. 


105 


THE   HOLY   SCRIPTURES. 


133.  7  s.  M. 

My  Bible. 

1  Holy  Bible  !  book  divine  ! 
Precious  treasure  !  thou  art  mine  : 
Mine  to  tell  me  whence  I  came ; 
Mine  to  tell  me  what  I  am  ; 

2  Mine  to  chide  me  when  I  rove  ; 
Mine  to  show  a  Saviour's  love  ; 
Mine  thou  art  to  guide  and  guard ; 
Mine  to  punish  or  reward  ; 

3  Mine  to  comfort  in  distress, 
If  the  Holy  Spirit  bless  ; 
Mine  to  show,  by  living  faith, 
Man  can  triumph  over  death ; 

4  Mine  to  tell  of  joys  to  come, 
And  the  rebel  sinner's  doom  : 
O,  thou  holy  book  divine  ! 
Precious  treasure,  thou  art  mine  ! 

106 


Tin:   iioi.v   Si  Kirn  i:t  S. 
134.  <     * 

Value  of  the  Scripture-. 

1  IT*  ►  w  precious  is  the  book  divine, 

By  inspiration  given  I 
Bright  as  a  lamp,  it-  doctrines  shine, 
To  guide  our  souls  to  heaven. 

2  It  sweetly  cheers  our  drooping  heart-. 

In  this  dark  vale  of  tears  ; 
Life,  light,  and  joy  it  still  impart-. 
And  quells  our  rising  tears. 

3  This  lamp  through  all  the  tedious  night 

Of  lite  shall  guide  our  way  : 
Till  we  behold  the  clearer  light 

Of  an  eternal  day. 

FAW<  1 1  r. 


135.  S  K. 

Nature  and  Revelation. 

1  Behold  the  sun,  how  bright 
From  yonder  east  he  springs, 

As  if  the  soul  of  life  and  light 
Were  breathing  from  his  wings. 

2  So  bright  the  gospel  broke 
Upon  the  souls  of  men  ; 

So  fresh  the  dreaming  world  awoke 
In  truth's  full  radiance  then  ! 

107 


THE    HOLY    SCRIPTURES. 

3     Before  von  sun  arose. 

Stars  clustered  through  the  sky — 
But  oh  !  how  dim,  how  pale  were  those 
To  his  one  burning  eye. 

•4     So  truth  lent  many  a  ray. 
To  bless  the  pagan's  night  — 
But,  Lord,  how  weak,  how  cold  were  they 
To  thy  one  glorious  light ! 

Moore. 

136.  L  11. 

Light  of  Religion. 

1  Were  all  our  hopes  and  all  our  fears 

Confined  within  life's  narrow  bound  ; 
If,  travellers  through  this  vale  of  tears. 
We  saw  no  better  world  beyond  ; 

2  Did  not  a  sunbeam  break  the  gloom. 

And  not  a  floweret  smile  beneath  ; 
Who  could  exi-t  in  such  a  tomb? 

Who  dwell  amid  the  shades  of  death  ? 

3  And  such  were  life  without  the  ray 

From  our  divine  religion  given  : 
'T  is  this  that  makes  our  darkness  day. 
'T  is  this  that  makes  our  earth  a  heaven. 

4  Bright  is  the  golden  sun  above. 

And  beautiful  the  flowers  that  bloom. 
And  all  is  joy.  and  all  is  love. 
Reflected  from  a  world  to  come. 

BOWRLSG. 
10S 


im:    ii<  'i.v    S<  RIPT1  ki  9. 

1J57.  C  M 

The  Bible  suited  to  our  Wants. 

1  Father  of  mercies !  in  thy  word 

Whal  endless  glory  Bhines  I 
Forever  be  thy  name  adored 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

2  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge 

And  yields  a  i'm-  repa 
Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows 

Invite  the  longing  taste. 

3  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 

Spread-  heavenly  peace  around; 
And  life  and  everlasting  joys 

Attend  the  blissful  sound. 

4  O,  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 

My  ever  dear  delight ; 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see, 
And  still  increasing  li<rht ! 

5  Divine  instructor,  gracious  Lord  ! 

Be  thou  forever  near  ; 
Teach  me  to  love  thy  sacred  word. 
And  view  my  Saviour  there. 

Steele. 

138.  C.  M. 

The  Scripture?  the  Guide  for  Youth. 

1   How  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearts 
And  guard  their  lives  from  sin? 

10  109 


THE    HOLY    SCRIPTURES. 

Thy  word  the  choicest  rule  imparts 
To  keep  the  conscience  clean. 

2  'T  is  like  the  sun,  a  heavenly  light, 

That  guides  us  all  the  day  ; 
And,  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 

3  Thy  precepts  make  me  truly  wise  ; 

I  hate  the  sinner's  road ; 
I  hate  my  own  vain  thoughts  that  rise, 
But  love  thy  law,  my  God ! 

4  Thy  word  is  everlasting  truth  ; 

How  pure  is  every  page  ! 
That  holy  book  shall  guide  our  youth 
And  well  support  our  age. 

Watts. 


139.  8&6s.M. 

My  Mother's  Bible. 

1  This  book  is  all  that 's  left  me  now ! 

Tears  will  unbidden  start,  — 
With  faltering  lip  and  throbbing  brow, 

I  press  it  to  my  heart. 
For  many  generations  past, 

Here  is  our  family  tree  ; 
My  mother's  hands  this  Bible  clasped ; 

She,  dying,  gave  it  me. 

2  Ah !  well  do  I  remember  those 

T7hose  names  these  records  bear, 
no 


III!     HOI  V    -<  RIPT1  Rl  9. 

Who  round  the  hearthstone  used  to  close 
After  tli«i  evening  prayer, 

And  Bpeak  of  what  these  pages  -aid. 

In  tone-  niv  heart  would  thrill  ! 

Though  they  are  with  the  silent  dead, 

Here  are  they  li\  inn-  -till ! 

My  father  road  this  holy  hook 

To  brothers,  Bisters  dear ; 
How  calm  was  my  poor  mother's  look, 

Who  leaned  (  rod's  word  to  hear  I 
Her  angel  face  —  I  see  it  yet! 
What  thronging  memories  come! 

Again  that  little  group  i.<  met 

Within  the  halls  of  home  ! 

Thou  truest  friend  man  ever  knew, 

Thy  constancy  I  \e  tried  : 
Where  all  were  false  I  found  thee  true, 

My  counsellor  and  guide. 
The  mines  of  earth  no  treasures  give 

That  could  this  volume  buy  : 
In  teaching  me  the  way  to  live, 

It  taught  me  how  to  die. 

G.  P.  Morris. 


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THANKSGIVING   AND    PRAISE. 


140.  C.  P.  M. 

1  Begin,  my  soul,  the  exalted  lay  ; 
Let  each  enraptured  thought  obey, 

And  praise  the  Almighty  name  ; 
Lo !  heaven,  and  earth,  and  seas,  and  skies, 
In  one  melodious  concert  rise, 

To  swell  the  inspiring  theme. 

2  Thou  heaven  of  heavens,  his  vast  abode, 
Ye  clouds,  proclaim  your  Maker,  God ; 

Ye  thunders,  speak  his  power ; 
Lo !  on  the  lightning's  fiery  wing, 
In  triumph  rides  the  eternal  King  ; 

The  astonished  worlds  adore. 

3  Ye  deeps,  with  roaring  billows,  rise 
To  join  the  thunders  of  the  skies  ; 

Praise  Him  who  bids  you  roll ; 
His  praise  in  softer  notes  declare, 
Each  whispering  breeze  of  yielding  air, 

And  breathe  it  to  the  soul. 

Ogilvie. 

112 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 


III.  6  A    I  ■.  M 

1  (  rLORI  to  Grod  Oil  high  ! 

Lei  heaveD  and  earth  reply  ; 
Praise  ye  his  nana' ; 

His  love  and  grace  adore, 
Who  all  our  sorrows  bore  ; 
And  sing  forevermore, 
••  Worthy  the  Lamb." 

2  Ye  who  surround  the  throne, 
Join  cheerfully  in  one, 

Praising  his  name ; 
Ye  who  have  felt  his  blood 
Sealing  your  peace  with  God, 
Sound  his  dear  name  abroad: 

"  Worthy  the  Lamb." 

3  Join,  all  ye  ransomed  race, 
Our  Lord  and  God  to  bless ; 

Praise  ye  his  name ; 
In  him  we  wdll  rejoice, 
And  make  a  joyful  noise, 
Shouting  with  heart  and  voice, 

u  Worthy  the  Lamb." 

4  Soon  must  we  change  our  place; 
Yet  will  we  never  cease 

Praising  his  name  ; 
To  him  our  songs  we'll  bring, 
Hail  him  our  gracious  King, 
And  through  all  ages  sing, 

-  Worthy  the  Lamb." 

10*  113 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 


142.  S.  M. 

Exhortations  to  Worship. 

1  Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing ; 

Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  Come,  worship  at  his  throne  ; 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord : 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own ; 
He  formed  us  by  his  word. 

3  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 

4  His  arm  shall  well  sustain 
The  children  of  his  love  : 

The  ground  on  which  their  safety  stands 
No  earthly  power  can  move. 

Watts. 


143.  1  s.  M. 

Lowly  Praise. 

1  Lord,  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place, 
Hear  the  praises  we  now  raise, 
And,  while  hearing,  let  thy  grace 
Dews  of  sweet  forgiveness  pour  ; 

114 


ill  LNKSGIViNG    AND    PBAISE. 

While  we  know,  benignant  King, 
Thai  the  praises  which  we  bring 
An-  a  worthless  offering 

Til]  thy  blessing  makes  it  more. 

More  of  troth,  and  more  of  might, 
More  of  loi  e,  and  more  of  light, 
More  of  reason,  and  of  right, 

From  thy  pardoning  grace  be  '.riven  ! 
It  can  make  the  humblest  song 
Sweet,  acceptable,  and  strong, 
As  the  strain-  the  angel-'  throng 

Pour  around  the  throne  of  heaven. 

BOWBDTQ. 


111.  C  J.M. 

Trusting  and  Praising  God. 

1  Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life, 

In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praises  of  my  God  shall  still 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2  O,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 

With  me  exalt  his  name  ! 
When  in  distress  to  him  I  called, 
He  to  my  rescue  came. 

3  The  hosts  of  God  encamp  around 

The  dwellings  of  the  just  ; 
Deliverance  he  affords  to  all 
Who  on  his  succor  trust 

115 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

4  O,  make  but  trial  of  his  love  ; 

Experience  will  decide,  — 
How  blest  are  they,  and  only  they, 
Who  in  his  truth  confide  ! 

5  Fear  him,  ye  young,  and  ye  will  then 

Have  nothing  else  to  fear ; 
Make  ye  his  service  your  delight,  — 
He  '11  make  your  wants  his  care. 

Tate  and  Brady. 


145.  C.  M. 

Divine  Goodness. 

1  Lord,  thou  art  good  ;  all  nature  shows 

Its  mighty  Author  kind  ; 
Thy  bounty  through  creation  flows, 
Full,  free,  and  unconfined. 

2  The  whole  in  every  part  proclaims 

Thy  infinite  good-will ; 
It  shines  in  stars,  it  flows  in  streams, 
And  bursts  from  every  hill. 

3  It  fills  the  wide-extended  main, 

And  heavens  which  spread  more  wide ; 
It  drops  in  gentle  showers  of  rain, 
And  rolls  in  every  tide. 

4  Still  hath  it  been  diffused  and  free, 

Through  ages  past  and  gone ; 
Nor  ever  can  exhausted  be, 
But  still  keeps  flowing  on. 

116 


THANK8G  i\  i\«.    A  M  I    ri:\l-i  . 

5  Throogb  the  whole  earth  it  pours  supplies, 

Spreads  joy  through  all  its  part-; 

Lord,  may  thy  goodness  draw  our  ej 

And  captivate  our  heart-  ! 

6  High  admiration  lot  it  raise, 

Ami  kind  affections  ni" 
Employ  our  tongues  in  hymn-  of  praise, 
And  till  our  hearts  with  love. 

Bbowhb. 


1 16.  1  s  M- 

Songs  of  Praise. 

1  Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang, 
Heaven  with  hallelujahs  rang, 
When  Jehovah's  work  begun, 

When  he  spake,  and  it  was  done. 

2  Songs  of  praise  awoke  the  morn 
When  the  Prince  of  Peace  was  born  ; 
Songs  of  praise  arose  when  he 
Captive  led  captivity. 

3  Heaven  and  earth  must  pass  away. 
Songs  of  praise  shall  crown  that  day, 
God  will  make  new  heavens  and  earth, 
Songs  of  praise  -hall  hail  their  birth. 

4  And  shall  man  alone  be  dumb. 
Till  that  glorious  kingdom  come? 
No ;  let  all  delight  to  raise 

Psalms  and  hymns  and  songs  of  praise, 
in 


THANKSGIVING   AND    PRAISE. 

5  Saints  below,  with  heart  and  voice, 
Still  in  songs  of  praise  rejoice, 
Learning  here,  by  faith  and  love, 
Songs  of  praise  to  sing  above. 

6  Borne  upon  their  latest  breath, 
Songs  of  praise  shall  conquer  death  ; 
Then,  amid  eternal  joy, 

Songs  of  praise  their  powers  employ. 

Montgomery. 

147.  H.  M. 

Rejoicing  in  God. 

1  To  your  Creator,  God, 

Your  great  preserver,  raise, 
Ye  creatures  of  his  hand, 

Your  highest  notes  of  praise : 
Let  every  voice  proclaim  his  power, 
His  name  adore,  and  loud  rejoice. 

2  Let  every  creature  join 

To  celebrate  his  name, 
And  all  their  various  powers 

Assist  the  exalted  theme  ; 
Let  nature  raise,  from  every  tongue, 
A  general  song  of  grateful  praise. 

3  But  oh  !  from  human  tongues 

Should  nobler  praises  flow ; 
And  every  thankful  heart 
With  warm  devotion  glow  : 
Your  voices  raise,  ye  highly  blest ! 
Above  the  rest,  declare  his  praise. 

118 


KB  a\k-«.i\  i\<.     \M»    ri:\i-i  . 

1     Assist  me,  gracious  ( i<«l ! 

.Mv  heart,  mj  voice  Inspire  : 
Thru  shall  I  grateful  join 
The  unii  ersal  choir  : 
Thy  grace  ran  raise  my  heart,  my  tongue, 
And  tunc  my  Bong  to  lively  prai 

Sti  i.i  i.. 

148.  s.  at 

Praise  foi  Preserving  Grace. 

1  To  God,  the  only  wise. 
Our  Saviour,  and  our  King, 

Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies 
Their  humble  praises  bring. 

2  T  is  his  almighty  love, 
His  counsel  and  his  care, 

Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  snare. 

3  He  will  present  our  souls, 
Unblemished  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great. 

4  Then  all  the  chosen  seed 
Shall  meet  around  the  throne  : 

Shall  bless  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
And  make  his  wonders  known. 

5  To  our  Redeemer  God 

Wisdom  and  power  belongs  ; 
Immortal  crowns  of  majesty, 
And  everlasting  songs. 

119  Watts. 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

149.  C.  31 

Rejoicing  in  God. 

1  When  morning's  first  and  hallowed  ray 

Breaks  with  its  trembling  light, 
To  chase  the  pearly  dews  away. 
Bright  tear-drops  of  the  night,  — 

2  My  heart,  O  Lord,  forgets  to  rove, 

But  gladly  rises  free, 
On  wings  of  everlasting  love, 
And  finds  its  home  in  thee. 

3  When  evening's  silent  shades  descend, 

And  nature  sinks  to  rest, 
Still  to  my  Father  and  my  Friend 
My  wishes  are  addressed. 

4  Though  tears  may  dim  my  hours  of  joy, 

And  bid  my  pleasures  flee, 
Thou  reign' st  where  grief  cannot  annoy : 
I  will  be  glad  in  thee. 

5  And  e'en  when  midnight's  solemn  gloom 

Above,  around,  is  spread, 
Sweet  dreams  of  everlasting  bloom 
Are  hovering  o'er  my  head. 

6  I  dream  of  that  fair  land,  0  Lord, 

"Where  all  thy  saints  shall  be, 
I  wake  to  lean  upon  thy  word, 
And  still  delight  in  thee. 

Ch.  Harp. 

120 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAIS 

\M).  Tft    >I 

PnUM  to  G 

1  Praise  to  God ;  0,  lei  as  raise 
From  our  hearts  a  Bong  of  praise : 
Of  thai  goodness  lei  us  sing 
Whence  our  lives  and  blessings  spring. 

2  Praise  to  Him  who  made  the  light, 
Praise  to  Him  who  gave  us  sighl ! 
Praise  to  Him  who  formed  the  car! 

He  our  humble  praise  will  hear. 

3  Praise  Him  for  our  happy  hour-  : 
Praise  Him  for  our  varied  powers: 
For  these  thoughts  that  soar  ah" 

For  these  hearts  he  made  for  love. 

4  For  the  voice  he  placed  within, 
Bearing  witness  when  we  sin ; 
Praise  to  Him  whose  tender  care 
Keeps  the  watchful  guardian  there  ! 

5  Praise  the  mercy  that  did  send 
Jesus  for  our  guide  and  friend  : 
Praise  Him,  every  heart  and  voice, 
llim  who  makes  the  world  rejoice. 

FOLLEN. 

151.  1  s.  BL 

1  Praise  to  God,  immortal  prais 
For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days  ! 

11  121 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

Bounteous  Source  of  every  joy, 
Let  thy  praise  our  tongues  employ. 

2  All  that  Spring,  with  bounteous  hand, 
Scatters  o'er  the  smiling  land,  — 

All  that  liberal  Autumn  pours 
From  her  rich,  o'erflowing  stores,  — 

3  These  to  thee,  our  God,  we  owe, 
Source  whence  all  our  comforts  flow ! 
And  for  these,  in  happy  days, 

We  will  pay  our  grateful  praise. 

4  Grateful,  never-ending  praise, 
Lord,  to  thee  my  soul  shall  raise  ; 
And,  when  every  blessing  's  flown, 
Love  thee  for  thyself  alone. 

Barbauld. 


152.  L.  M. 

Praise  for  Temporal  Blessings. 

1  We  bless  the  Lord,  the  just  and  good, 
Who  fills  our  hearts  with  joy  and  food ; 
Who  pours  his  blessings  from  the  skies, 
And  loads  our  days  with  rich  supplies. 

2  He  sends  the  sun  the  circuit  round, 

To  cheer  the  fruits,  to  warm  the  ground; 
He  bids  the  clouds,  with  plenteous  rain, 
Refresh  the  thirsty  earth  again. 

3  JT  is  to  his  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And  all  our  near  escapes  from  death ; 


'ill  UTKSGI1  IN«.    and    PRAISE. 

Safety  and  health  to  ( rod  belong ; 

He  helps  the  weak,  he  guards  the  strong. 

4  With  power  he  vindicates  the  just, 
And  treads  the  oppressor  in  the  dust ; 
In  him  the  poor  and  helpless  6nd 

A  judge  most  just,  a  father  kind. 

5  O,  let  us,  then,  with  joy  record 

Tlic  truth  and  goodness  of  tin-  Lord  ! 
How  great  his  work-  !   how  kind  his  ways! 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise. 

Watts. 


153.  I-M- 

Praise  to  God  from  all  tlie  Earth. 

1  Ye  nations  round  the  eartli !  rejoice 

Before  the  Lord,  your  sovereign  King ; 
Serve  him  with  cheerful  heart  and  voice  ; 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  sing. 

2  The  Lord  is  God;  'tis  he  alone 

Doth  life  and  breath  and  being  give ; 
We  are  his  work,  and  not  our  own  ; 
The  sheep  that  on  his  pastures  live. 

3  Enter  his  gate-  with  songs  of  joy  ; 

With  praises  to  his  courts  repair  ; 
And  make  it  your  divine  employ 

To  pay  your  thanks  and  honors  there. 

131 


THANKSGIVING   AND    PRAISE. 

4  The  Lord  is  good,  the  Lord  is  kind ; 
Great  is  his  grace,  his  mercy  sure ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  man  shall  find 
His  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 

Watts. 

15*4.  L  M. 

Perpetual  Praise. 

1  When,  wakened  by  thy  voice  of  power, 

The  hour  of  morning  beams  in  light, 
My  voice  shall  sing  that  morning  hour, 
And  thee,  who  madest  that  hour  so  bright. 

2  The  morning  strengthens  into  noon  ; 

Earth's  fairest  beauties  shine  more  fair ; 
And  noon  and  morning  shall  attune 

My  grateful  heart  to  praise  and  prayer. 

3  When  'neath  the  evening  western  gate 

The  sun's  retiring  rays  are  hid, 
My  joy  shall  be  to  meditate, 
E'en  as  the  pious  patriarch  did. 

4  As  twilight  wears  a  darker  hue, 

And  gathering  night  creation  dims, 
The  twilight  and  the  midnight,  too, 

Shall  have  their  harmonies  and  hymns. 

5  So  shall  sweet  thoughts,  and  thoughts  sublime, 

My  constant  inspirations  be  ; 
And  every  shifting  scene  of  time 
Reflect,  my  God,  a  light  from  thee. 

Bowring. 

124 


THANKSGIVING    and    PRAISE. 

155.  «•*■ 

Qo&H  QoodaeM  tod  Truth. 

1  Sim;  to  the  Lord  most  high  ; 

Let  every  land  adore  ; 

With  grateful  voice  make  known 

Hia  goodness  and  hia  p. .wo- ; 

With  cheerful  songs  declare  his  ways, 

And  let  his  praise  inspire  your  tongues. 

2  The  shining  worlds  above 

In  glorious  order  stand, 
Or  in  swift  courses  move, 
By  his  supreme  command  : 

He  spake  the  word,  and  all  their  frame 
From  notfiing  came,  to  praise  the  Lord. 

3  His  hands  provide  our  food, 

And  every  blessing  give  ; 
We  feed  upon  his  care, 
And  in  his  pastures  live  : 
With  cheerful  songs  declare  his  ways, 
And  let  his  praise  inspire  your  tongues. 

Dwight. 

156.  7&6s.  M. 

Jesus  welcomed. 

1  TTiiex,  his  salvation  bringing, 
To  Zion  Jesus  came, 
The  children  all  stood  sinking 
Hosanna  to  his  name. 

11  •  125 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

Nor  did  their  zeal  offend  him, 

But  as  he  rode  along, 
He  bade  them  still  attend  him, 

And  smiled  to  hear  their  song. 

2  And  since  the  Lord  retaineth 

His  love  for  children  still, 
Though  now  as  King  he  reigneth 

On  Zion's  heavenly  hill, 
We  '11  flock  around  his  banner 

Who  sits  upon  the  throne  ; 
And  cry  aloud,  "  Hosanna 

To  David's  royal  Son." 

o  For  should  we  fail  proclaiming 

Our  great  Redeemer's  praise, 
The  stones,  our  silence  shaming, 

Might  well  hosanna  raise. 
But  shall  we  only  render 

The  tribute  of  our  words  ? 
No  !  while  our  hearts  are  tender, 

They,  too,  shall  be  the  Lord's. 

157.  7  &  6  s.  M. 

"  Let  every  living  thing  praise  the  Lord." 

1  Praise  the  Lord,  who  reigns  above 

And  keeps  his  court  below  ; 
Praise  him  for  his  boundless  love, 

And  all  his  greatness  show  ; 
Praise  him  for  his  noble  deeds ; 

Praise  him  for  his  matchless  power ; 
Him,  from  whom  all  good  proceeds, 

Let  earth  and  heaven  adore. 

126 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

Publish,  spread  to  all  around, 

The  great  Emmanuel's  nan: 
J. ci  the  gospel-trumpet  sound  ; 

The  Prince  of  Peace  proclaim  : 
Praise  him,  every  tuneful  Btring! 

All  the  reach  of  heavenly  art, 
All  the  power  of  music  bring  — 

The  music  of  the  heart 

Him,  in  whom  they  move  and  live, 

Let  every  creature  sing; 
Glory  to  our  Saviour  give, 

And  homage  to  our  King  ; 
Hallowed  be  his  name  beneath, 

As  in  heaven,  on  earth  adored : 
Praise  the  Lord  in  every  breath  ;  — 

Let  all  things  praise  the  Lord. 

Pratt's  Coll. 


158.  8&T8.M. 

Praise  the  Lord. 

1  Praise  the  Lord  ;  ye  heavens  adore  him  ; 

Praise  him.  angels,  in  the  height, 
Sun  and  moon,  rejoice  before  him ; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  stars  of  light 

2  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  spoken  ; 

Worlds  hi.-  mighty  voice  obeyed ; 
Laws  which  never  can  be  broken, 
For  their  guidance  he  hath  made. 

3  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  is  glorious  ; 

Never  shall  his  promise  tail ; 

107 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

God  hath  made  his  saints  victorious  ; 
Sin  and  death  shall  not  prevail. 

Praise  the  God  of  our  salvation  ; 

Hosts  on  high  his  power  proclaim  ; 
Heaven  and  earth,  and  all  creation, 

Praise  and  magnify  his  name. 

Liverpool  Coll. 


159.  I*  M. 

Pious  Friendship. 

1  How  blest  the  sacred  tie  that  binds, 
In  union  sweet,  according  minds  ! 

How  swift  the  heavenly  course  they  run, 
Whose  hearts,  whose  faith,  whose  hopes,  are  one ! 

2  To  each  the  soul  of  each  how  dear ! 
What  jealous  love  !  what  holy  fear  ! 
How  doth  the  generous  flame  within 
Refine  from  earth  and  cleanse  from  sin  ! 

3  Their  streaming  eyes  together  flow 
For  human  guilt  and  mortal  woe  ; 
Their  ardent  prayers  together  rise, 
Like  mingling  flames  in  sacrifice. 

4  Nor  shall  the  glowing  flame  expire, 
When  nature  droops  her  sickening  fire  ; 
Then  shall  they  meet  in  realms  above, 
A  heaven  of  joy,  because  of  love. 

Mrs.  Bakbauld. 

128 


THANK -i.  IV  IV.     AM)     PRAISB. 

160.  •  »■  M. 

PltiM I'salm  cwwi. 

1  LlPT  your  voice  and  joyful  sing 
Praises  to  our  heavenly  King  ; 
For  his  mercies  far  extend, 
And  his  bounty  knows  do  end- 

2  Honor  pay  to  heaven's  high  Lord, 
And  his  wondrous  deeds  record; 

Through  the  various  realms  of  earth 
Praise  him,  all  of  human  birth  ;  — 

3  Him  whose  wisdom,  throned  on  high, 
Built  the  mansions  of  the  sky, 

And  the  orbs  that  gild  the  pole 
Bade  through  boundless  ether  roll. 

4  To  the  great  Eternal  King 
Raise  your  voice  and  joyful  sing  ; 
For  his  mercies  wide  extend, 
And  his  bounty  knows  no  end. 


161.  C.  M 

The  Lamb  of  God  worshipped. 

1   Come,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs, 
With  angels  round  the  throne ; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 

129 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

2  "  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,"  they  cry, 

"  To  be  exalted  thus  :  " 
"  Worthy  the  Lamb,"  our  lips  reply, 
"  For  he  was  slain  for  us." 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 

Honor  and  power  divine  ; 
And  blessings  more  than  we  can  give 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  sky, 

And  air,  and  earth,  and  seas, 
Conspire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
And  speak  thine  endless  praise. 

5  The  whole  creation  join  in  one 

To  bless  the  sacred  name 
Of  him  who  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

Watts. 


162.  C.  M. 

1  When  all  thy  mercies,  0  my  God, 

My  rising  soul  surveys, 
Transported  with  the  view,  I  'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

2  Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  soul 

Thy  tender  care  bestowed, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceived 
From  whom  those  comforts  flowed. 

130 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAIC 

8  When  worn  with  rickness,  ofl  hast  thou 
With  health  renew ed  my  f  > 

And,  when  in  >in  ami  SOIT0W  -link, 

B     ii  ed  my  soul  with  grace. 

1  Ten  thousand  thousand  precious  gifts 
My  daily  thanks  employ  ; 
Nor  is  the  least  a  cheerful  heart, 
That  tastes  those  gifts  with  joy. 

Makvi.il. 

163.  L  M. 

Song  of  Gratitude  and  Praise. 

1  God  of  my  life!  through  all  my  days 

My  grateful  powers  shall  sound  thy  praise  ; 

Tiie  song  shall  wake  with  opening  light, 
And  warble  to  the  silent  night. 

2  When  anxious  cares  would  break  my  rest. 
And  griefs  would  tear  my  throbbing  breast, 
Thy  tuneful  praise-,  raised  on  high, 

Shall  check  the  murmur  and  the  sigh. 

3  When  death  o'er  nature  shall  prevail. 
And  all  my  powers  of  language  fail, 

Joy  through  my  swimming  eyes  shall  break, 
And  mean  the  thanks  I  cannot  speak. 

4  But  O,  when  that  last  conflict 's  o'er, 
And  I  am  chained  to  flesh  no  more, 
With  what  glad  accents  shall  I  rise 
To  join  the  music  of  the  skies  ! 

131 


THANKSGIVING    AND    PRAISE. 

Then  shall  I  learn  the  exalted  strains 
Which  echo  o'er  the  heavenly  plains  ; 
And  emulate,  with  joy  unknown, 
The  glowing  seraphs  round  thy  throne. 

Doddridge. 


132 


PRATEB    FOB    DIVINE    GUIDANi  E. 
16-1.  Ts.M. 

Influences  of  the  Spirit  invoked. 

1   Gracious  Spirit  —  Love  divine  ! 
Let  thy  light  within  me  shine  ; 
All  my  guilty  fears  remove, 

Fill  me  with  thy  heavenly  love. 

'1   Speak  thy  pardoning  graee  to  me, 
S<  I  the  burdened  sinner  f'n 
Lead  me  to  the  Lamb  of  God, 
Wash  me  in  his  precious  blood. 

3  Life  and  peace  to  me  impart ; 
Seal  salvation  on  my  heart : 
Come  and  dwell  within  my  breast, 
Earnest  of  immortal  rest. 

4  Let  me  never  from  thee  stray. 
Keep  me  in  the  narrow  way  ; 
Fill  my  soul  with  joy  divine  ; 
Keep  me,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

Stockeh. 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

165.  C.  M. 

Praying  for  Divine  Help. 

1  0,  help  us,  Lord  !  each  hour  of  need 

Thy  heavenly  succor  give ; 
Help  us  in  thought,  and  word,  and  deed, 
Each  hour  on  earth  we  live. 

2  0,  help  us,  when  our  spirits  bleed, 

With  contrite  anguish  sore ; 
And  when  our  hearts  are  cold  and  dead, 
O,  help  us,  Lord,  the  more. 

3  O,  help  us,  through  the  prayer  of  faith, 

More  firmly  to  believe  ; 
For  still  the  more  the  servant  hath, 
The  more  shall  he  receive. 

4  O,  help  us,  Father,  from  on  high ; 

We  know  no  help  but  thee  ; 
O,  help  us  so  to  live  and  die, 
As  thine  in  heaven  to  be. 

MlLMAN. 


166.  ^  M. 

Prayer  for  Guardianship  and  Guidance. 

1  0  Thou,  to  whose  all-searching  sight 
The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light, 
Search,  prove  my  heart ;  it  pants  for  thee  ; 
O,  burst  these  bonds,  and  set  it  free  ! 


PRATES    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

2  If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray, 

boa  my  Light,  be  thou  my  Way  ; 
\     (bes,  do  violence  I  fear, 
No  Fraud,  while  thou,  my  God,  art  near. 

3  When  rising  floods  my  soul  oVrilow, 
When  sinks  my  heart  in  waves  of  woe, 
O  God,  thy  timely  aid  impart. 

And  raise  my  head  and  cheer  my  heart 

4  [f  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way. 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day  ; 

Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  calm,  and  joy.  and  peace. 

Moravian. 


167.  L  M. 

God  Everywhere  to  be  worshipped. 

1  Lo  !   God  is  here  ;  let  us  adore, 

And  humbly  bow  before  bis  face  ; 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 
Let  all  within  us  seek  his  peace. 

2  Lo !   God  is  here  ;  him  day  and  night 

L'nited  choirs  of  angels  sing  : 
To  him,  enthroned  above  all  height. 

Heaven's  host  their  noblest  praises  bring. 

3  Being  of  beings  !  may  our  praise 

Thy  courts  witli  grateful  incense  fill: 
Still  may  we  stand  before  thy  face, 
Still  hear  and  do  thy  sovereign  will 

135 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

4  More  of  thy  presence,  Lord  !  impart ; 
More  of  thine  image  may  we  bear  : 
O,  fix  thy  throne  in  every  heart, 
And  reism  without  a  rival  there. 


168.  L  M. 

Communion  with  God  desired. 

1  My  gracious  Lord,  whose  changeless  love 

To  me  no  earthly  power  can  part, 
When  shall  my  feet  forget  to  rove  ? 

Ah  !  what  shall  fix  this  faithless  heart  ? 

2  "Why  do  these  cares  my  soul  divide, 

If  thou  indeed  hast  set  me  free  ? 

Why  am  I  thus,  if  thou  hast  died,  — 

If  thou  hast  died  to  ransom  me  ? 

S   Great  God,  thy  sovereign  aid  impart, 

And  guard  the  gifts  thyself  hast  given  : 
My  portion  thou,  my  treasure  art, 
My  life,  mj  happiness,  and  heaven. 

4  Would  aught  with  thee  my  wishes  share, 

Though  dear  as  life  the  idol  be, 
That  idol  from  my  breast  I  '11  tear, 
Resolved  to  seek  my  all  from  thee. 

5  Whate'er  I  fondly  counted  mine, 

To  thee,  my  Lord,  I  here  restore  : 
With  joy  I  all  for  thee  resign  ; 

Give  me  thyself,  —  I  ask  no  more. 

136 


PBAYEB    i  OB    DIVINE    GUIDAN4  E. 

H><>.  L.M. 

Prayei  Ot  Divine  Gkudanee. 

1  Gbeat  God!  our  Father  and  our  Friend, 

( )u  whom  we  east  our  constant  i  . 
On  whom  for  all  things  we  depend, 
To  thee  we  raise  our  humble  prayer. 

2  Endue  us  with  a  holy  I 

The  frailty  of  our  hearts  reveal ; 

Sin  and  it-  snares  are  always  near  — 

Thee  may  we  always  nearer  feel. 

3  O,  that  to  thee  each  youthful  mind 

May  with  a  steadfast  love  aspire  ; 
The  path  of  wisdom  early  find, 

And  cheek  the  rise  of  wrong  desire. 

4  O,  that  our  watchful  souls  may  fly 

The  first  perceived  approach  of  sin  ; 
Look  up  to  thee  when  danger's  nigh, 
And  feel  thy  fear  control  within. 

5  Search,  gracious  God  !  each  inmost  heart 

From  guilt  and  error  set  us  free  ; 
Thy  light,  and  truth,  and  peace  impart, 
And  guide  us  safe  to  heaven  and  thee. 

Kxeter  Coll. 

170.  C.  M. 

Prayei  foi  Guidance  and  Protection. 

1   God  of  our  fathers  !  by  whose  hand 
Thy  children  still  are  blest, 

1Q  *  137 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVIXE    GUIDANCE. 

Be  with  us  through  our  pilgrimage, 
Conduct  us  to  our  rest. 

2  Through  each  perplexing  path  of  life, 

Our  wandering  footsteps  guide  : 
Give  us  each  day  our  daily  bread, 
And  raiment  tit  provide. 

3  0,  spread  thy  sheltering  wings  around, 

Till  all  our  wanderings  cease, 
And  at  our  Father's  loved  abode 
Our  souls  arrive  in  peace. 

4  Such  blessings  from  thy  gracious  hand 

Our  humble  prayers  implore  ; 
And  thou,  the  Lord,  shalt  be  our  God, 
And  portion  evermore. 

Epis.  Coll. 


171.  C.  M. 

Watchfulness  and  Prayer. 

1  Alas,  what  hourly  dangers  rise, 

What  snares  beset  my  way ; 
To  heaven.  O  let  me  lift  mine  eyes, 
And  hourly  watch  and  pray ! 

2  O  gracious  God,  in  whom  I  live, 

3Iy  feeble  efforts  aid  ; 
Help  me  to  watch,  and  pray,  and  strive. 
Though  trembling  and  afraid ! 

3  Increase  my  faith,  increase  my  hope, 

When  foes  and  fears  prevail ; 


PRA1  IK    FOB     |»i\  im      «.|   Il>  \\<    l. 

And  bear  my  fainting  spirit  ap, 
( )r  Boon  id v  Btrength  will  tail. 

•1  Whene'er  temptations  fright  my  heart, 
( >r  lure  my  Feet  aside, 

My  God,  thy  powerful  aid  impart, 
My  guardian  and  my  guide. 

5  O,  keep  me  in  thy  heavenly  way, 
.     And  bid  the  tempter  flee  ; 

And  let  me  never,  never  -tray. 
From  happiness  and  theeA 


Steele. 


17*.  s  m. 

Prayer  for  a  Holy  Heart. 

1  Great  Source  of  life  and  light. 
Thy  heavenly  grace  impart, 

And  by  thy  Holy  Spirit  write 
Thy  law  upon  my  heart. 

2  My  soul  would  cleave  to  thee ; 
Let  naught  my  purpose  move ; 

O,  let  my  faith  more  steadfast  be, 

And  more  intense  my  love  ! 

3  Thy  grace  to  me  impart, 

With  meekness  to  reprove, 
To  hate  the  sin  with  all  my  heart, 
And  still  the  sinner  love. 

4  Long  as  my  trials  last. 
Long  as  the  cross  I  bear, 

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FRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

O,  let  my  soul  on  thee  be  east 
In  confidence  and  prayer ! 

)     Conduct  me  to  the  shore 

Of  everlasting  peace, 
Where  storm  and  tempest  rise  no  more, 

Where  sin  and  sorrow  cease. 

Steele. 


173.  C.  M. 

Seeking  the  Knowledge  of  God. 

1  Shine  forth,  eternal  Source  of  light, 

And  make  thy  glories  known ; 
Fill  our  enlarged,  adoring  sight 
With  lustre  all  thy  own. 

2  Vain  are  the  charms,  and  faint  the  rays, 

The  brightest  creatures  boast ; 
And  all  their  grandeur,  and  their  praise, 
Is  in  thy  presence  lost. 

3  To  know  the  Author  of  our  frame 

Is  our  sublimest  skill ; 
True  science  is  to  read  thy  name, 
True  life,  to  obey  thy  will. 

4  For  this  I  long,  for  this  I  pray, 

And,  following  on,  pursue, 
Till  visions  of  eternal  day 
Fix  and  complete  the  view. 

Doddridge. 

140 


PBAYEH    FOB    DIVINE    Gl  in  \  \«  I :. 
17  1.  I**- 

God  our  Protector  anil  Trn-t. 

1  To  thee,  my  God,  to  thee  belong 
Incense  of  praise  and  hallowed  -ong; 
To  thee  be  all  the  glory  given 

Of  all  my  mercies  under  heaven. 

2  From  danger  thou  my  frame  hast  kept, 
While  waking,  and  what  time  I  slept  ; 
Thou  hast  my  every  want  supplied, 
And  to  my  footsteps  proved  a  guide. 

8  When  my  departing  hour  shall  come, 
And  I  mast  Blamber  in  the  tomb, 
O  then,  my  God,  this  faint  heart  cheer, 
And  far  dispel  the  shades  of  fear ; 

4  And  teach  me  in  thy  strength  to  tread 
The  path  which  leads  me  to  the  dead, 
Assured,  when  earthly  cares  are  o'er, 
To  rest  with  thee  forevermore. 

"Walker. 

175.  C  M. 

1  Lop.d,  teach  us  how  to  pray  aright, 

With  reverence  and  with  fear: 
Though  dust  and  ashes  in  thy  sight, 

We  may.  we  must,  draw  near. 

2  Give  deep  humility  ;  the  sense 

Of  godly  sorrow  give  ; 

141 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

A  strong  desiring  confidence, 
To  hear  thy  voice  and  live  ;  — 

3  Patience,  to  watch,  and  wait,  and  weep, 

Though  mercy  long  delay  ; 
Courage,  our  fainting  souls  to  keep, 
And  trust  thee,  though  thou  slay. 

4  Give  these,  —  and  then  thy  will  be  done ; 

Thus,  strengthened  with  all  might, 
We,  by  thy  Spirit  and  thy  Son, 
Shall  pray,  and  pray  aright. 

Montgomery. 


176.  C.  31. 

The  Spirit's  Influence  invoked. 

1  Great  Father  of  each  perfect  gift ! 

Behold  thy  children  wait ; 
With  longing  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
We  flock  around  thy  gate. 

2  0,  shed  abroad  that  choicest  gift, — 

Thy  Spirit  from  above, 
To  bless  our  eyes  with  sacred  light, 
And  fire  our  hearts  with  love. 

3  O,  be  thy  sacred  law  fulfilled 

In  every  act  and  thought ; 
Each  angry  passion  far  removed, 
Each  selfish  view  forgot. 

142 


PEA  I 

Blest  earnest  of  eternal  joy ! 

And  bear,  with  energy  divine, 
Oar  raptured  thoughts  to  Leaven. 


I     ■ 


1 


v.  -..-.:* 

— 


The  triumph-  of  his  gi 

.rid  my  God, 
roclaim, 
:  through  all  the  earth  abroad 
I  he  honors  of  thy  name. 

name  that  calms  oar  fears, 
Th 

Ti  muffle       ~..  .  -     i^rs; 

"I  >..:•;.  :-..'.     .     ■.'.-; .    .-;. 

raks  the  power  of  reigning  sin ; 
he  prisoner  free; 

. 
blood  availed  for  me. 


ITS.  3      ■ 

Yrk-jtx  for  Gvidaace- 

1   Guix>e.  0  L 

:d  the  better  fan 

143 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

Foes  we  know  are  to  be  met, 
Snares  our  daily  path  beset ; 
Clouds  upon  the  valley  rest, 
Rough  and  dark  the  mountain's  breast ; 
And  our  home  may  not  be  gained, 
Save  through  trials  well  sustained. 

2  Guide  us,  while  we  onward  move 
Bound  by  bonds  of  mutual  love, 
Striving  for  the  holy  mind, 

And  the  soul  from  sense  refined ; 

That  when  life  no  longer  burns, 

And  the  dust  to  dust  returns, 

With  the  strength  which  thou  hast  given 

We  may  rise  to  thee  and  heaven. 

3  God  of  love  !  on  thee  we  all 
Humbly  for  thy  guidance  call ; 
Save  us  from  the  evil  tongue, 
From  the  heart  that  thinketh  wrong, 
From  the  sins,  whate'er  they  be, 
That  divide  the  soul  from  thee. 
God  of  grace  !  on  thee  we  rest ; 

•  Bless  us,  and  we  shall  be  blest. 

Anon. 


179.  C.  M. 

Thy  Will  be  done. 

1  Searcher  of  Hearts  !  from  mine  erase 
All  thoughts  that  should  not  be, 
And  in  its  deep  recesses  trace 
My  gratitude  to  thee  ! 


PRATSB    FOB    DIVINE    GUI  DAI 

2  Hearer  of  Prayer  I  0,  guide  aright 

Each  word  and  deed  of  mine  ; 
Life'-  battle  teach  me  how  to  fight, 
And  be  the  victory  thine. 

3  Giver  of  All!  for  every  good 

In  the  Redeemer  came,  — 

For  raiment,  shelter,  and  for  food, 
I  thank  thee  in  his  name. 

4  Father  and  Son  and  Holy  Ghofi 

Thou  glorious  Throe  in  One! 
Thon  knowest  best  what  I  need  most, 
And  let  thy  will  be  done. 

G.  P.  Morkis. 


180.  ~  *fc  6  b.  H. 

The  Win. 

1  Sayiottb,  I  thy  word  believe, 

My  unbelief  remove  ; 
Now  thy  quickening  Spirit  give, 

The  unction  from  above  : 
Show  me.  Lord,  how  good  thou  art ; 

With  thy  love  my  spirit  till. 
Send  the  witness  to  my  heart. 

The  Holy  Ghost  reveal 

2  Blessed  Comforter,  come  down, 

And  live  and  move  in  me  ; 
Make  my  every  deed  thine  own, 
In  all  things  led  by  thee  : 

13  145 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

Bid  my  every  sin  depart, 

And  with  me  vouchsafe  to  dwell ; 
Faithful  Witness,  in  my  heart 

Thy  perfect  light  reveal. 

Whom  the  world  cannot  receive, 

O  Lord,  reveal  in  me  ; 
Son  of  God,  I  cease  to  live, 

Unless  I  live  to  thee  : 
Make  me  choose  the  better  part ; 

O,  do  thou  my  pardon  seal ; 
Send  the  witness  to  my  heart, 

The  Holy  Ghost  reveal. 

TOPLADY. 


181.  L  M 

The  Teachings  of  the  Spirit  invoked. 

1  Come,  blessed  Spirit,  Source  of  light, 

Whose  power  and  grace  are  unconflned, 
Dispel  the  gloomy  shades  of  night, 
The  thicker  darkness  of  the  mind. 

2  To  mine  illumined  eyes  display 

The  glorious  truth  thy  word  reveals  ; 
Cause  me  to  run  the  heavenly  way  ; 
The  book  unfold,  unloose  the  seals. 

3  Thine  inward  teachings  make  me  know 

The  mysteries  of  redeeming  love, 
The  emptiness  of  things  below, 
The  excellence  of  things  above. 


PRATSB    FOB    DIVINE    QUID  AN  <  I .. 

While  through  this  dubious  maze  I  stray, 
Spread,  lik<'  the  bud,  thy  beams  abroad, 

To  Bhow  the  dangers  of  the  way. 
And  guide  my  feeble  Bteps  to  God. 

Beddokk. 


182.  L  M.6L 

For  the  Influences  of  the  Spirit. 

1  I  want  the  spirit  of  power  within. 

Of  love,  and  of  a  healthful  mind  ; 
Of  power  to  conquer  every  -in. 

Of  love  to  God  and  all  mankind  ; 
Of  health  that  pain  and  death  defies, 
Most  vigorous  when  the  body  dies. 

2  O,  that  the  Comforter  would  come, 

Nor  visit  as  a  transient  guest, 

But  fix  in  me  his  constant  home, 
And  keep  possession  of  my  breast : 

And  make  my  soul  his  loved  abode, 
The  temple  of  indwelling  God  ! 

C.  Wesley. 


183.  <    M- 

God's  Blessing  Essential. 

1   Shine  on  our  souls,  eternal  God, 
With  ray-  of  beauty  shine  ; 
O,  let  thy  favor  crown  our  days, 
And  all  their  round  be  thine. 


PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

2  Did  we  not  raise  our  hands  to  thee, 

Our  hands  might  toil  in  vain  ; 
Small  joy  success  itself  could  give, 
If  thou  thy  love  restrain. 

3  With  thee  let  every  week  begin, 

With  thee  each  day  be  spent, 
For  thee  each  fleeting  hour  improved, 
Since  each  by  thee  is  lent. 

4  Thus  cheer  us  through  this  toilsome  road, 

Till  all  our  labors  cease, 
And  heaven  refresh  our  weary  souls 
With  everlasting  peace. 

Doddridge. 


184.  7  s.  31. 

Prayer  for  a  Christian  Temper. 

1  God  of  truth,  and  God  of  love  ! 
Send  thy  Spirit  from  above  ! 
Teach  us  so  to  speak  and  hear 
That  thy  glory  may  appear,  — 
That  in  us  the  world  may  find 
All  our  Master's  gentle  mind  ; 
Thus  our  fellowship  approve, 
God  of  truth,  and  God  of  love  ! 

2  God  of  truth,  and  God  of  love  ! 
O'er  our  wayward  tempers  move  ; 
Touch  them  with  celestial  fire, 
Holy  love  and  zeal  inspire  : 

14S 


PB  \  I  BB    POR    M  Yl\  i.    <.i  ID  \\<   l.. 
While  we  feel  the  -acred  glow. 

Lay  each  evil  passion  low  ; 

Frame  DS  for  the  world  above, 
( iod  ol*  truth,  and  God  of  love  I 

Vestry  Stmhs. 


185,  CM. 

Seeking  Btrength  f<>r  Duty. 

1  Jehovah!  by  thy  covenant 

With  all  thy  people  made, 

We  come  to  ask  thee  that  our  hearts 
Upon  thy  truth  be  Btayed. 

2  Ere  entering  on  the  battle-field, 

In  struggle  -tern,  of  life, 

We  ask  thee,  tor  thy  -lory'-  Bake, 
Be  with  us  in  the  strife. 

3  Give  us  the  foree  to  will,  to  work, 

No  suffering  to  shun. 
And  by  our  efforts,  Lord  of  Hosts, 
( ).  let  thy  will  be  done. 

4  0.  help  us  to  be  vigilant 

Lest  foes  should  enter  in. 
Ami  teach  our  eyes  to  apprehend 
The  first  approach  of  sin. 

5  Hold  up  our  hand-,  confirm  our  hearts, 

Show  all  our  duties  clear; 
Permit  not  any  single  heart 
Either  to  sleep  or  fear. 

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PRAYER    FOR    DIVINE    GUIDANCE. 

186.  I*  M. 

God's  Blessing  invoked. 

1  Great  God  !  to  thee  our  songs  we  raise, 
To  thee  pour  forth  our  notes  of  praise  ; 
Hear  thou  our  morning  prayer,  and  deign 
To  pardon  sin,  and  cleanse  its  stain. 

2  As  yield  deep  shades  to  morning's  light, 
As  from  the  day-star  flees  the  night, 

So  to  our  souls,  made  dark  by  sin, 
Pour  thine  own  holy  radiance  in. 

B  Thy  Holy  Spirit's  beams  impart 
To  warm  and  purify  the  heart ; 
Thou  Fountain  of  our  soul's  true  day, 
Make  bright  before  us  all  our  way. 

4  Guide  thou  and  govern  all  our  mind, 
All  our  desires  let  chasteness  bind ; 
And  make  our  adverse  times  to  be 
But  times  of  blessing  ruled  by  thee. 

5  With  earnest  cry  we  beg,  this  day, 
That  thou  wilt  drive  all  sin  away  ; 
So  we,  defended  by  thy  power, 
Will  praise  thy  name  forevermore. 

187.  I*  M. 

Divine  Light  and  Guidance  implored. 

1  O  Source  of  uncreated  light, 

By  whom  the  worlds  were  raised  from  night, 

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PB  ^  KB    FOB    DIVINE    QUID  AN  (  I .. 

( Some,  rail  every  pious  mind  ; 
Come,  poor  thy  joys  on  humaD  kind. 

2  Plenteous  in  grace,  descend  from  high, 
Rich  in  thy  matchless  energy ; 

From  sin  and  sorrow  Bel  US  five, 
And  make  us  temples  worthy  th< 

3  Cleanse  and  refine  our  earthly  parts, 
Inflame  and  sanctify  our  hearts. 
Our  frailties  help,  our  vice  control, 
Submit  the  senses  to  the  soul. 

4  Thrice  holy  Fount!  thrice  holy  Fire  ! 
Our  hearts  with  heavenly  love  inspire  ; 
Make  US  eternal  truths  receive, 

Aid  us  to  live  as  we  believe. 

5  Chase  from  our  path  each  noxious  foe, 
And  peace,  the  fruit  of  love,  bestow  ; 
And,  lest  our  feet  should  step  astray, 
Protect  and  guide  us  in  our  way. 

Deyden. 


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188.  c  a 

Youth  invited  to  the  Saviour. 

1  Ye  hearts  with  youthful  vigor  warm, 

In  smiling  crowds  draw  near, 
And  turn  from  every  mortal  charm, 
A  Saviour's  voice  to  hear. 

2  The  soul  that  longs  to  see  his  face 

Is  sure  his  love  to  gain  ; 
And  those  that  early  seek  his  grace 
Shall  never  seek  in  vain. 

3  What  object,  Lord,  my  soul  should  move, 

If  once  compared  with  thee  ? 
What  beauty  should  command  my  love, 
Like  what  in  Christ  I  see  ? 

4  Away,  ye  false,  delusive  toys, 

Vain  tempters  of  the  mind! 
'T  is  here  I  fix  my  lasting  choice ; 
For  here  true  bliss  I  find. 

Doddridge. 

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I   \i;i.v    [N8TBUCTK  >\    am>    i  m  i  i  v. 

|S<>.  L.M. 

a  \'i>uth  Making  Wutdom, 

1  1   A.8K  not  wealth,  nor  pomp,  Dor  po 
Nor  fleeting  pleasures  of  an  hour: 
My  soul  aspires  to  Dobler  things 
Than  all  the  pride  and  state  of  kings. 

2  One  thing  I  ask; —  Lord!  wilt  thou  hear, 
And  grant  my  Boul  a  gift  BO  dear:  — 
Wisdom,  descending  from  above, 

The  sweetest  token  of  thy  love  :  — 

3  Wisdom,  betimes  to  know  the  Lord, 
To  fear  his  name,  and  keep  his  word  ; 
To  lead  my  feel  in  paths  of  truth. 

And  guide  and  guard  my  wandering  youth. 

4  Then  shouldst  thou  grant  a  length  of  days, 
My  life  -hall  still  proclaim  thy  praise ; 

Or  early  death  my  soul  convey 
To  realms  of  everlasting  day. 

Heginbotham. 


190.  L  ML 

Youthful  Obedience. 

1  Ix  Israel's  fane  by  silent  night, 

The  lamp  of  God  was  burning  bright  : 
And  there,  by  viewless  angels  kept, 

Samuel,  the  child,  securely  slept. 


EARLY   INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

2  A  voice  unknown  the  stillness  broke  ; 
"Samuel!"  it  called,  and  thrice  it  spoke  ; 
He  rose  ;  he  asked  whence  came  the  word; 
From  Eli  ?     No,  —  it  was  the  Lord. 

3  Thus  early  called  to  serve  his  God, 
In  paths  of  righteousness  he  trod  ; 
Prophetic  visions  fired  his  breast, 
And  all  the  chosen  tribes  were  blest. 

4  Speak,  Lord,  and,  from  our  earliest  days, 
Incline  our  hearts  to  love  thy  ways ; 

Thy  wakening  voice  hath  reached  our  ear,  — 
Speak,  Lord,  to  us ;  thy  servants  hear. 

Cawood. 


191,  J-  M. 

1  Now,  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood, 
Remember  your  Creator,  God  ; 
Behold !  the  months  come  hastening  on, 
When  you  shall  say,  "  My  joys  are  gone." 

2  Behold  !  the  aged  sinner  goes, 
Laden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes, 
Down  to  the  regions  of  the  dead, 
With  endless  curses  on  his  head. 

3  The  dust  returns  to  dust  again ; 
The  soul,  in  agonies  of  pain, 

Ascends  to  God,  —  not  there  to  dwell,  — 
But  hears  her  doom,  and  sinks  to  hell. 

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I   \KI.V    INS  rRUCTION     \M>    PIE1  I , 

1   Eternal  King !  I  fear  thy  name ; 

1    u-li  me  to  know  li<>\\  frail  I  am  : 
And  when  my  soul  must  hence  remove. 
Give  me  a  mansion  in  thy  1<»\ e. 

\\'.\  i  rs. 


192.  s  M. 

The  Young  asking  Divine  Guidance. 

1  From  earliest  dawn  of  life, 
Thy  goodness  we  have  shared  : 

And  still  we  live  to  sing  thy  praise, 
By  sovereign  mercy  spared. 

2  To  learn  and  do  thy  will, 
O  Lord,  our  hearts  incline  ; 

And  o'er  the  paths  of  future  life 
Command  thy  light  to  shine. 

3  While  taught  thy  word  of  truth. 
May  we  that  word  receive  ; 

And  when  we  hear  of  Jesus'  name. 
In  that  blest  name  believe  ! 

4  O,  let  us  never  tread 

The  broad,  destructive  road. 
But  trace  these  holy  paths  which  lead 
To  glory,  and  to  God. 

Pkatt's  Coll. 
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EARLY    INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

193.  C.  31. 

Religion  important  to  the  Young. 

1  While  in  the  tender  years  of  youth, 

In  nature's  smiling  bloom, 
Ere  age  arrive,  and,  trembling,  wait 
Its  summons  to  the  tomb  ;  — 

2  Remember  thy  Creator,  God  ; 

For  him  thy  powers  employ ; 
Make  him  thy  fear,  thy  love,  thy  hope, 
Thy  portion,  and  thy  joy. 

3  He  will  in  safety  guide  thy  course 

O'er  life's  uncertain  sea, 
And  bring  thee  to  that  peaceful  shore 
Where  happy  spirits  be. 

Pratt's  Coll. 

194.  C.  M. 

The  Pearl  of  Great  Price. 

1  Ye  glittering  toys  of  earth,  adieu, 

A  nobler  choice  be  mine ; 
A  real  prize  attracts  my  view, — 
A  treasure  all  divine. 

2  Begone,  unworthy  of  my  cares, 

Ye  flattering  baits  of  sense  ; 
Inestimable  worth  appears, 
The  pearl  of  price  immense  ! 

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BABL1  [ON  AND    I'll  r v. 

8  Should  earth's  vain  treasures  all  depart, 
( )f  this  dear  gifl  possessed, 

I  M  clasp  it  t<>  in \  joyful  ln-art. 
And  be  forever  blest 

3 
Thy  love  is  bliss  divine : 
epl  the  praise  that  grace  inspi     3, 
I  can  call  thee  mine. 

;  i.i:. 


1<>.>.  CM. 

Youth  devoted  to  G 

1  Youth,  win  1  to  tlie  Lord. 

An  -  ■  •  18  : 

A  flower,  though  offered  in  the  bud, 
I-  no  vain  sacrifj 

2  'T  is  easier  far  if  we  begin 

To  fear  the  Lord  betimes  ; 
For  sinners  who  grow  old  in  sin 
Are  hardened  by  their  crime-. 

3  It  saves  us  from  a  thousand  snares 

To  mind  religion  young  ; 
Grace  will  preserve  our  following  years 
And  make  our  virtues  strong. 

4  To  thee.  Almighty  God,  to  thee 

Our  heart-  we  now  resign  : 
T  will  please  us  to  look  back  and  see 
That  our  whole  lives  were  thine. 

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196.  8.  M. 

Seed-time. 

1  Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed, 
At  eve  hold  not  thy  hand ; 

To  doubt  and  fear  give  thou  noiieed  ; 
Broadcast  it  o'er  the  land. 

2  The  good,  the  fruitful  ground, 
Expect  not  here  nor  there  ; 

O'er  hill  and  dale,  by  plots,  'tis  found 
Go  forth,  then,  everywhere. 

3  Thou  know'st  not  which  may  thrive, 
The  late  or  early  sown  ; 

Grace  keeps  the  precious  germs  alive, 
When  and  wherever  strown. 

4  Thou  canst  not  toil  in  vain  ; 
Cold,  heat,  and  moist,  and  dry, 

Shall  foster  and  mature  the  grain, 
For  garners  in  the  sky. 

Montgomery. 


197.  C.  M. 

Exhortations  to  a  Holy  Life. 

1   Come,  children,  learn  to  fear  the  Lord  ; 
And  that  your  days  be  long, 
Let  not  a  false  or  spiteful  word 
Be  found  upon  your  tongue. 

158 


l.AKLV     IN-  I  i;i  C  I  EON     AM)     Till  V. 

_    1 1  part  from  mischief  practise  l< 
Pursue  the  work  of  peace  ; 
So  Bhall  the  Lord  your  way-  approve, 

And  Bel  your  BOUls  ai  I 

o    Come  now,  while  young,  and  taste  his  love; 
Conn-  Irani  his  pleasant  way-. 
And  let  your  own  experience  pr 
The  sweetness  of  his  gr 

4  He  bids  his  angels  pitch  their  tents 

Round  where  his  children  dwell; 
What  ill  their  heavenly  care  prevents, 

No  earthly  tongue  can  tell. 

5  Then  make  the  Lord  your  constant  trust, 

His  word  obey  with  loi 
That  you  may  dwell  among  the  just, 
In  his  bright  courts  above. 

W.\; 


198.  CM. 

Seeking  God  early. 

1  EARLY,  my  God  !  without  delay, 

I  haste  to  seek  thy  face  ; 
My  thirsty  spirit  faints  away. 

Without  thy  cheering  grace. 

2  So  pilgrims  on  the  scorching  sand, 

Beneath  a  burning  -ky. 
Long  for  a  cooling  stream  at  hand. 
And  they  must  drink  or  die. 

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EARLY   INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

3  I  Ve  seen  thy  glory  and  thy  power 

Through  all  thy  temple  shine  ; 
My  God  !  repeat  that  heavenly  hour, 
That  vision  so  divine. 

4  Not  life  itself,  with  all  its  joys, 

Can  my  best  passions  move ; 
Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice, 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 

5  Thus,  till  my  last,  expiring  day, 

I  '11  bless  my  God  and  King  ; 
Thus  will  I  lift  my  hands  to  pray, 
And  tune  my  lips  to  sing. 

Watts. 


199.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Christ  the  Friend  of  Sinners. 

1  One  there  is,  above  all  others 

Well  deserves  the  name  of  Friend ; 
His  is  love  beyond  a  brother's, 
Costly,  free,  and  knows  no  end. 

2  Which  of  all  our  friends,  to  save  us, 

Could  or  would  have  shed  his  blood  ? 
But  this  Saviour  died  to  have  us 
Reconciled  in  him  to  God. 

3  When  he  lived  on  earth  abased. 

Friend  of  sinners  was  his  name  ; 
Now  above  all  glory  raised, 
He  rejoices  in  the  same. 

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BABL1    W8  I  Ki  I  1  IOH    and    PTBTT. 

( ).  for  grace  our  hearts  to  Boften  ; 

Teach  as,  Lord,  at  length  to  love  ; 
\\  i  .  alas  !  forget  too  often, 

Wi.   -  a  1  . v  ad  we  have  above. 

Ne 


200.  S.  31 

1  With  humble  heart  and  tongue, 
My  ( rod,  to  thee  I  pray : 

O,  bring  me  now,  while  I  am  young, 
To  thee,  the  living  way. 

2  Make  an  unguarded  youth 
The  object  of  thy  care  ; 

Help  me  to  choose  the  way  of  truth, 
And  fly  from  every  snare. 

3  My  heart,  to  folly  prone, 
Renew  by  power  divine  ; 

Unite  it  to  thyself  alone, 
And  make  me  wholly  thine. 

4  O,  let  thy  word  of  grace 

My  warmest  thoughts  employ  ; 
Be  this,  through  all  my  following  day-, 
^ly  treasure  and  my  joy. 

5  To  what  thy  law-  impart 
Be  my  whole  soul  inclined; 

Come.  Saviour,  dwell  within  my  heart, 
And  sanctify  my  mind. 

Fawcett. 

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201.  S.  M. 

Gratitude  to  God. 

1  My  Maker  and  my  King  ! 
To  thee  my  all  I  owe  ; 

Thy  sovereign  bounty  is  the  spring 
Whence  all  my  blessings  flow. 

2  Thou,  ever  good  and  kind  ! 
A  thousand  reasons  move, 

A  thousand  obligations  bind 
My  heart  to  grateful  love. 

3  Thy  goodness,  like  the  sun, 
Dawned  on  my  early  days. 

Ere  infant  reason  had  begun 
To  form  my  lips  to  praise. 

4  The  creature  of  thine  hand, 
On  thee  alone  I  live  ; 

My  God !  thy  benefits  demand 
More  praise  than  life  can  give. 

5  O,  let  thy  grace  inspire 

My  soul  with  strength  divine  ; 
Let  all  my  powers  to  thee  aspire, 
And  all  my  days  be  thine. 

Steele. 

202.  I-M. 

Living  to  Christ. 

1  My  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  right 
To  every  service  I  can  pay, 

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I.AULV     [N8TB1   I    I  I«'N     AND     I'll. I  V. 

And  call  it  my  supreme  delight 

To  hear  thy  dictate-  and  obey. 

2  Whal  is  my  being,  but  lor  thee, — 

It-  Bore  support,  it-  uoblest  end? 
T  is  my  delight  thy  6ce  to  see, 
And  serve  tbe  cause  of  such  a  friend. 

3  I  would  not  breathe  for  worldly  joy. 

Qr  to  increase  my  worldly  good  ; 
Nor  future  day-  nor  powers  employ 

To  spread  a  sounding  name  abroad. 

4  'T  is  to  my  Saviour  I  would  live  ; 

To  him.  who  for  my  ransom  died ; 
Nor  could  all  worldly  honor  give 

i  bliss  a-  crown-  me  at  his  side. 

5  His  work  my  hoary  acre  shall  bl 

When  youthful  vigor  is  no  more; 
And  my  last  hour  of  life  coni 

His  saving  love,  his  glorious  power. 

Doddridge. 

203.  *  s.  M. 

All  must  Pray. 

1  Child,  amidst  the  flowers  at  play, 
"While  the  red  light  fade-  away  ; 
Mother,  with  thine  earnest  eye. 
Ever  following  silently  ; 

2  Father,  by  the  breeze  of  eve 
Called  thy  daily  toil  to  leave  ; 

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EARLY    INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

Pray  !  ere  yet  the  dark  hours  be, 
Lift  the  heart,  and  bend  the  knee ! 

3  Traveller  in  the  stranger's  land, 
Far  from  thine  own  household  band  ; 
Mourner,  haunted  by  the  tone 

Of  a  voice  from  this  world  gone ; 

4  Captive,  in  whose  narrow  cell 
Sunshine  hath  not  leave  to  dwell ; 
Sailor,  on  the  darkening  sea, 

Lift  the  heart,  and  bend  the  knee! 

5  Ye  that  triumph,  ye  that  sigh, 
Kindred  by  one  holy  tie, 
Heaven's  first  star  alike  ye  see  ; 
Lift  the  heart,  and  bend  the  knee  ! 

Mb&  Hkmabs. 


204.  C.  M. 

Youthful  Praise. 

1  Great  God,  in  whom  we  live  and  move, 

Accept  our  feeble  praise, 
For  all  the  mercy,  grace,  and  love 
Which  crown  our  youthful  days. 

2  For  counties-  mercies,  love  unknown, 

Lord,  wThat  can  we  impart  ? 
Thou  dost  require  one  gift  alone,  — 
The  offering  of  the  heart. 

164 


E  \KI.V    ENSTBT  <    \\<>s     \.\D    PIETY. 

Incline  as,  Lord,  to  give  it  thee  ; 

Preserve  as  by  thy  grace, 
Till  death  shall  bring  us  all  to 

Thy  glory,  face  to  lace. 


205.  L  M. 

1  How  many  ways  the  young  may  find 

To  be  of  use.  if  so  inclined  ! 
How  many  services  perform, 
If  love  is  earnest,  constant,  warm  ! 

2  A  life  that 's  spent  for  self  alone 
Can  never  be  a  useful  one  : 
The  good  will  ever  scorn  to  be 
Inactive  in  society. 

3  However  trifling  what  we  do. 
If  a  good  purpose  be  in  view, 
Although  we  should  not  have  success, 
Our  motive  God  will  see  and  bless. 


206.  C.  31. 

The  Good  only  Happy. 

1   Happy  the  children  of  the  Lord, 

Who,  walking  in  his  sight. 
Make  all  the  precepts  of  his  word 
Their  study  and  delight. 

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EARLY   INSTRUCTION   AND    PIETY. 

2  That  precious  wealth  shall  be  their  dower, 

Which  cannot  know  decay  ; 
Which  moth  nor  rust  doth  ne'er  devour, 
Nor  spoiler  take  away. 

3  For  them  that  heavenly  light  shall  spread, 

Whose  cheering  rays  illume 
The  darkest  hours  of  life,  and  shed 
A  halo  round  the  tomb. 

4  Their  works  of  piety  and  love, 

Performed  through  Christ  their  Lord, 
Forever  registered  above, 
Shall  meet  a  sure  reward. 


207.  C.  M. 

Early  Religion. 

1  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 

How  fair  the  lily  grows  ! 
How  sweet  the  breath,  beneath  the  hill, 
Of  Sharon's  dewy  rose  ! 

2  Lo  !  such  the  child  whose  early  feet 

The  paths  of  peace  have  trod, 
Whose  secret  heart,  with  influence  sweet, 
Is  upward  drawn  to  God. 

3  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 

The  lily  must  decay ; 
The  rose,  that  blooms  beneath  the  hill, 
Must  shortly  fade  away. 

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BARL1     [N8TR1  CTION     \M>    PIETT. 

•1  An<l  booh,  too  Boon,  the  wintry  hour 

( )t"  man'.-  maturer 
Will  shake  the  bouI  with  sorrow's  power 
And  stormy  passion's  i 

5  ( )  Thoa  who  givest  life  and  breath, 
We  Beek  thy  grace  alone. 
In  childhood,  manhood,  age,  and  death, 
To  keep  us  Btill  thine  own. 

Bbbbb. 


208.  I*  M. 

Bearing  the  Cross. 

1  Take  up  thy  cross,  the  Saviour  said, 

It'  thou  wouldst  my  disciple  be  : 
Take  up  thy  cross  with  willing  heart, 

And  humbly  follow  after  me. 

2  Take  up  thy  cross,  let  not  its  weight 

Fill  thy  weak  spirit  with  alarm ; 
His  strength  shall  bear  thy  spirit  up, 

And  brace  thy  heart,  and  nerve  thy  arm. 

3  Take  up  thy  cross,  nor  heed  the  shame, 

And  let  thy  foolish  pride  be  still ; 
Thy  Lord  refused  not  e'en  to  die 
Upon  a  cross  on  Calvary's  hill. 

4  Take  up  thy  cross,  then,  in  his  strength, 

And  calmly  sin's  wild  deluge  brave ; 
'T  will  guide  thee  to  a  better  home  ; 
It  points  to  glory  o'er  the  grave. 

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5  Take  up  thy  cross  and  follow  me, 

Nor  think  till  death  to  lay  it  down ; 
For  only  he  who  bears  the  cross 

May  hope  to  win  the  glorious  crown. 

Ch.  Lyrics. 


209.  I*  M- 

Blessings  attendant  upon  Early  Piety. 

1  Children  !  —  in  years  and  knowledge  young, 

Your  parents'  hope,  your  parents'  joy,  — 
Attend  the  counsels  of  my  tongue ; 

Let  pious  thoughts  your  minds  employ. 

2  If  you  desire  a  length  of  days, 

And  peace  to  crown  your  mortal  state, 
Restrain  your  feet  from  sinful  ways, 
Your  lips  from  falsehood  and  deceit. 

3  From  error's  devious  road  depart ; 

From  bad  companions  haste  to  flee  ; 
And  hidden  deep  within  the  heart 
Let  God's  commandments  ever  be. 

4  In  joy  to  him  your  ways  commit ; 

In  grief  and  woe  make  him  your  stay ; 
And  he  will  safely  lead  your  feet 

Through  life's  dark  path,  to  endless  day. 

Watts. 

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I  \ki.y    [K8TRUCTION    AND    PINT. 

210.  CM. 

Advantages  of  Early  Religion* 

1  Happy  the  child  whose  tender  ;> 

Receive  instruction  weD ; 
Who  hates  the  sinner's  path,  and  fears 

The  road  that  leads  to  helL 

2  When  we  devote  our  youth  to  God, 

'T  is  pleasing  in  hi-  <  y 
A  flower  when  offered  in  the  bud 

Is  no  vain  sacrifice. 

3  'T  will  save  us  from  a  thousand  snares 

To  mind  religion  young  •. 

Grace  will  preserve  our  following  yeai*s, 
And  make  our  virtue  strong. 

4  To  thee,  almighty  God  !  to  thee 

Our  childhood  we  resign  : 
*T  will  please  us  to  look  back  and  see 
That  our  whole  lives  were  thine. 

5  Let  the  sweet  work  of  prayer  and  praise 

Employ  our  youngest  breath  : 
Thus,  we  're  prepared  for  longer  days, 
Or  lit  for  early  death. 

Watts. 

211,  C.  M. 

God  to  be  sought  in  Vouth. 

1   In  life's  gay  morn,  when  sprightly  youth 
With  vital  ardor  glows, 

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EARLY   INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

And  shines  in  all  the  fairest  charms 
That  beauty  can  disclose ;  — 

2  Deep  in  thy  soul,  before  its  powers 

Are  yet  by  vice  enslaved, 
Be  thy  Creator's  glorious  name 
And  character  engraved  ;  — 

3  Ere  yet  the  shades  of  sorrow  cloud 

The  sunshine  of  thy  days, 
And  cares  and  toils,  in  endless  round, 
.Encompass  all  thy  ways;  — 

4  Ere  yet  thy  heart  the  woes  of  age, 

With  vain  regret,  deplore, 

And  sadly  muse  on  former  joys, 

That  now  return  no  more. 

5  True  wisdom,  early  sought  and  gained, 

In  age  will  give  thee  rest ; 
O,  then,  improve  the  morn  of  life, 
To  make  its  evening  blest. 

Epis.  Coll. 


212.  C.  M. 

Christ  to  be  our  Example. 

1  When  Jesus  left  the  throne  of  God, 
He  chose  an  humble  birth  ; 
A  man  of  grief,  like  us,  he  trod 
A  lonely  path  on  earth, 
no 


BABL1     [N8TBUCTI0N    and    I'll".  I  V. 

'2  Like  him.  m.-iv  we  be  found  below, 
In  wisdom's  paths  <»f  peace  ; 
Like  him,  in  grace  and  knowledge  grow, 
A    years  and  strength  incr<  i 

o    Sweet  were  his  word-,  and  kind  his  look, 
When  mothers  round  him  pressed; 
Their  infant-  in  hia  arms  he  took, 
And  on  his  bosom  blessed. 

4  Safe  from  the  world'-  alluring  harms, 
Beneath  his  watchful  eye, 
O,  thus  encircled  in  his  arms, 
May  we  forever  lie. 

Montgomery- 


213.  C.  M. 

Youthful  Piety. 

1  Ix  the  soft  season  of  thy  youth, 

In  nature's  smiling  bloom, 
Ere  age  arrive,  and  trembling  wait 
Its  summons  to  the  tomb  ; 

2  Remember  thy  Creator,  God ; 

For  him  thy  powers  employ ; 
Make  him  thy  fear,  thy  love,  thy  hope, 
Thy  confidence,  thy  joy. 

3  He  shall  defend  and  guide  thy  course 

Through  life's  uncertain  sea, 
Till  thou  art  landed  on  the  shore 
Of  blessed  eternity. 

171 


EARLY    INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

Then  seek  the  Lord  betimes,  and  choose 
The  path  of  heavenly  truth  : 

The  earth  affords  no  lovelier  sight 
Than  a  religious  youth. 

Gibbons. 


214.  S.  M. 

Encouragement  to  do  Good. 

1  Children  of  Christ,  arise, 
And  gird  you  for  the  toil ; 

The  dew  of  promise  from  the  skies 
Already  cheers  the  soil. 

2  Go  where  the  sick  recline, 
Where  mourning  hearts  deplore  ; 

And  where  the  sons  of  penury  pine, 
Dispense  your  hallowed  lore. 

3  Urge,  with  a  tender  zeal, 
The  erring  child  along, 

Where  peaceful  congregations  kneel, 
And  pious  teachers  throng. 

4  Be  faith,  which  looks  above, 
With  prayer,  your  constant  guest ; 

And  wrap  the  Saviour's  changeless  love 
A  mantle  round  your  breast. 

5  So  shall  you  share  the  wealth 
That  earth  may  ne'er  despoil, 

And  the  blest  gospel's  saving  health 
Repay  your  arduous  toil. 

SlGOURNEY. 
172 


BABL1     INSTRUCTION    and    PIETY. 

215.  CM. 

Pioi  idence. 

1  Throi  «.n  all  the  years  of  childhood's  prime, 

Changes  on  changes  roll ; 
Each  brings  its  varied  scenes  of  bliss 

(  h  sorrow  to  the  soul : 

2  In  infant  joys  and  infant  griefs 

A  little  life  we  live  ; 

A  miniature  of  all  the  scenes 

That  future  years  shall  give. 

3  But  not  a  scene  of  life  comes  on,  — 

Of  gladness  or  of  tears,  — 
Where  not  the  hand  of  him  that  rules 
Our  mortal  state,  appears. 

1    We  would  not  wish  to  alter  aught 
That  wisdom  hath  designed 
To  train  for  everlasting  bliss 
The  wandering,  wayward  mind. 

5  And  if  we  love  him  as  we  ought, 
Through  life  he  '11  be  our  euide ; 
And  take  us  with  him,  when  life's  o'er, 
Forever  to  abide. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

216.  *  s.  BE. 

Youili  invited  to  Christ 

1   Children!  listen  to  the  Lord, 
And  obey  his  gracious  word  : 

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EARLY    INSTRUCTION    AND    PIETY. 

Seek  his  face  with  heart  and  mind,  — 
Early  seek,  and  you  shall  find. 

2  Let  his  love  your  heart  inflame  : 
Be  his  praise  your  highest  aim ; 
Keep  his  fear  before  your  sight ; 
Be  his  smile  your  chief  delight. 

3  Serve  the  Lord  with  perfect  heart ; 
Never  from  his  ways  depart ; 
Glorify  the  King  of  kings, 

Take  the  peace  the  gospel  brings. 

4  Turn  to  Christ  your  longing  eyes, 
View  this  bleeding  sacrifice  ; 
See,  in  him,  your  sins  forgiven, 
Pardon,  holiness,  and  heaven. 

Hastings. 

217.  c.  M. 

Early  Piety. 

1  How  happy  is  the  child  who  hears 

Instruction's  warning  voice ; 
And  who  celestial  wisdom  makes 
His  early,  only  choice. 

2  Wisdom  has  treasures  greater  far 

Than  east  or  west  unfold ; 
And  her  rewards  more  precious  are 
Than  is  the  gain  of  gold. 

3  She  guides  the  young  with  innocence 

In  pleasure's  paths  to  tread ; 

174 


BAJtLl     iv-  I  KM    riOW    A\  D    I'll,  l  1  . 
A  crown  of  -lory  she  be8tOW8 

I  j»oii  tin-  hoarj  head. 

•i  According  as  her  labors  ri 

So  her  rewards  increase  ; 
Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 

And  all  her  paths  arc  peace. 

Log  ah. 


218.  I1&98.M. 

Of  rack  is  the  Kingdom  »>f  Heaven. 

1   I  think,  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old. 
When  Jesus  was  here  among  men, 

How  he  called  little  children  as  Iambs  to  his  fold, 
I  should  like  to  have  been  with  them  then. 

1  wish  that  his  hand-  had  been  placed  on  my 

head, 
That  his  arm  had  been  thrown  around  me ; 
And  that  I  might  have  seen  his  kiiid  look  when 

he  said. 
'•Let  the  little  ones  come  unto  me." 

2  Yet  still  to  his  footstool  in  prayer  I  may  go, 
And  ask  for  a  share  in  his  love  ; 

And  if  I  thus  earnestly  seek  him  below, 
I  shall  see  him  and  hear  him  above. — 

In  that  heavenly  place  he  is  none  to  prepare 
For  all  who  are  washed  and  forgiven  : 

And  many  dear  children  are  gathering  there, 
u  For  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

Thompson. 


CHEIST    THE    SAVIOUR  OF   SINNERS. 


•219.  C.  31. 

The  Saviour  the  Great  Object  of  Desire. 

1  My  Saviour,  let  me  hear  thy  voice 

Pronounce  the  word  of  peace ; 
And  all  my  warmest  powers  shall  join 
To  celebrate  thy  grace. 

2  With  gentle  voice,  call  me  thy  child, 

And  speak  my  sins  forgiven ; 
The  accents  mild  shall  charm  mine  ear 
Like  all  the  harps  of  heaven. 

3  Cheerful,  where'er  thy  hand  shall  lead, 

The  darkest  path  I'll  tread ; 
Cheerful  I  '11  quit  these  mortal  shores, 
And  mingle  with  the  dead. 

4  When  dreadful  guilt  is  done  away, 

No  other  fears  we  know  ; 
That  hand  which  seals  our  pardon  sure, 
Shall  crowns  of  life  bestow. 

Doddridge. 
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CHRIST   THE    BAYI01  R    OF    SINNERS* 

HO.  I     «• 

liiorcasiiiL'  Lore  to  Chrifll  desired. 

1  Time  lovely  source  of  true  delight, 

Whom  J  unseen  adore  ; 
Unvail  thy  beauties  to  my  sight, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

2  Thy  glory  o'er  creation  -hi; 

Bui  in  thy  Bacred  word 

I  read,  in  fairer,  brighter  lines, 

My  bleeding,  dying  Lord. 

3  'T  is  here,  whene'er  my  comforts  droop, 

And  sins  and  sorrows  rise, — 
Thy  love,  with  cheering  beams  of  hope, 
My  fainting  heart  supplies. 

4  But  ah  !  too  soon  the  pleasing  scene 

Is  clouded  o'er  with  pain  ; 
My  gloomy  fears  rise  dark  between, 
And  I  again  complain. 

5  Jesus,  my  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Light, 

0,  come  with  blissful  ray  ; 
Break  through  the  gloomy  shades  of  night 
And  chase  my  fear-  away. 

6  Then  shall  my  soul  with  rapture  trace 

The  wonders  of  thy  love  ; 
Then  I  shall  see  thy  glorious  face 
In  endless  joy  above. 

Steele. 

177 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 


221.  C.  M. 

1  I  'm  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord, 

Or  to  defend  his  cause  ; 
Maintain  the  honor  of  his  word, 
The  glory  of  his  cross. 

2  Jesus,  my  God !  I  know  his  name,  - — 

His  name  is  all  my  trust ; 
Nor  will  he  put  my  soul  to  shame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  lost. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne,  his  promise  stands, 

And  he  can  well  secure 
What  I  've  committed  to  his  hands, 
Till  the  decisive  hour. 

4  Then  will  he  own  my  worthless  name, 

Before  his  Father's  face, 
And  in  the  new  Jerusalem 
Appoint  my  soul  a  place. 

Watts. 


222.  C.  M. 

Christ  the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life. 

1  Thou  art  the  way,  —  to  thee  alone 
From  sin  and  death  we  flee  ; 
And  he  who  would  the  Father  seek, 
Must  seek  him,  Lord,  by  thee. 

178 


OHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF 

2  Tliou  art  the  TBI  m.  —  thy  word  alone 

True  wisdom  can  impart  : 
Thou  only  cans!  inform  the  mind 
And  purify  the  heart 

0  Thou  art  the  ltfk,  —  the  rending  tomb 
Proclaims  thy  conquering  arm, 
And  those  who  pul  their  trust  in  thee 
Nor  death,  nor  hell  shall  harm. 

4  Thou  art  tla-  way.  —  the  truth, — the  life; 

(riant  us  that  way  fo  know, 
That  truth  to  keep,  that  life  to  win, 
Whose  joys  eternal  flow. 

Doane. 


223.  C  &  1  b.  M. 

1  My  faith  looks  up  to  thee, 
Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary, 

Saviour  Divine  ! 
Lord,  hear  me  while  I  pray  ; 
"  Take  all  my  guilt  away  ! " 
O,  let  me  from  this  day 

Be  wholly  thine ! 

2  May  thy  rich  grace  impart 
Strength  to  my  fainting  heart. 

My  zeal  inspire  ; 
A-  thou  hast  died  for  me, 
O,  may  my  love  to  thee 
Pure,  warm,  and  changeless  be,- 

A  living  fire. 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINKERS. 

i  While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread, 
And  griefs  around  me  spread, 

Be  thou  my  guide  ; 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day, 
"Wipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Nor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  thee  aside. 

[  When  ends  life's  transient  dream, 
When  death's  cold,  sullen  stream 

Shall  o'er  me  roll, 
Blest  Saviour,  then,  in  love, 
Fear  and  distrust  remove ; 
O,  bear  me  safe  above,  — 

A  ransomed  soul. 


224.  C  31. 

1  Jesus,  —  the  name  high  over  all, 

In  hell,  or  earth,  or  sky,  — 
Angels  and  men  before  it  fall, 
And  devils  fear  and  fly. 

2  Jesus,  —  the  name  to  sinners  dear, 

The  name  to  sinners  given,  — 
It  scatters  all  their  guilt  and  fear  ; 
It  turns  their  hell  to  heaven. 

3  0,  that  a  dying  world  might  know 

The  glory  of  his  name  ; 
My  voice  shall  his  salvation  show, 
And  cry,  "  Behold  the  Lamb  ! " 

180 


(  BBIS1    in  i     Bi  \  101  i:    (»i     3INNEB8. 

-1    I  (appy,  it'  with  my  latest  breath 
I  may  l»iit  gasp  hi-  name  : 
Proclaim  his  love,  and  cry  in  death, — 
••  Behold,  behold  the  Lamb 

C.    Wl  M.l.V. 

886.  L  ™ 

The  Redeeming  Power  ol 

1  What  precept,  Jesus,  i-  like  thine, — 

Forgive,  as  ye  would  ]><■  forgiven  ! 
In  this  we  see  the  power  divine, 

Which  .-hall  transform  our  earth  to  heaven. 

2  Tis  not  the  harsh  and  scornful  word 

That  victory  over  sin  can  gain, 
T  is  not  the  prison,  or  the  .-word, 
The  -hackle,  or  the  weary  chain. 

3  Bat  from  our  spirits  there  must  flow 

A  love  that  will  the  wrong  outweigh; 
Our  lips  must  only  blessings  know, 

And  wrath  and  sin  shall  die  away. 

4  'T  was  heaven  that  formed  the  holy  plan 

To  win  the  wanderer  hack  by  love  ; 
Thus  let  us  save  our  brother,  man. 
And  imitate  our  God  above. 

Mrs.  Livermore. 

226.  L  M. 

1  Jesus  !  and  shall  it  ever  be, 
A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee  ? 
Ashamed  of  thee,  whom  angels  praise, 

AVhose  glories  shine  through  endless  days  ? 

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CHRIST    THE    SATIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

2  Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  sooner  far 
Let  evening  blush  to  own  a  star ; 
He  sheds  the  beams  of  light  divine 
O'er  this  benighted  soul  of  mine. 

3  Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  that  dear  Friend 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend ! 
No  ;  when  I  blush,  be  this  my  shame, 
That  I  no  more  revere  his  name. 

4  Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  yes,  I  may, 
When  I  've  no  guilt  to  wash  away  ; 
No  tear  to  wipe,  no  good  to  crave, 
No  fears  to  quell,  no  soul  to  save. 

5  Till  then,  —  nor  is  my  boasting  vain,  — 
Till  then  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain ! 
And  O,  may  this  my  glory  be, 

That  Christ  is  not  ashamed  of  me  ! 

Gregg. 


227.  ^  a 

The  Voice  of  Mercy. 

1  I  hear  a  voice  that  comes  from  far ; 
From  Calvary  it  sounds  abroad  ; 

It  soothes  my  soul,  and  calms  my  fear ; 
It  speaks  of  pardon  bought  with  blood. 

2  And  is  it  true,  that  many  fly 

The  sound  that  bids  my  soul  rejoice  ; 
And  rather  choose  in  sin  to  die, 
Than  turn  an  ear  to  mercy's  voice  ! 
lot 


CHRIST    THE    -  LVIOl  B    OF    3INN1  EK8. 

8  Alas  for  those  I  the  day  is  near, 
When  mercy  *  ill  be  beard  n<>  more  ; 
Thru  u  ill  they  ask  in  \  ain  to  hear 
The  7oice  they  would  doI  hear  fo 

•1  With  such,  T  own.  I  once  appeared, 
Bui  now  J  know  how  great  their  loss: 
For  sweeter  sounds  were  never  heard. 
Than  mercy  utters  from  the  cross. 

5   But  lei  me  not  forgel  to  own, 
That  if  I  differ  aught  from  those, 
'T  is  due  to  sovereign  grace  alone, 
That  oft  selects  its  proudest  foes. 


228.  e.  M. 

Christ's  Reign  to  be  Universal. 

1  Jesus,  immortal  King,  arise! 

Assert  thy  rightful  sway. 
Till  earth,  subdued,  its  tribute  bring, 
And  distant  lands  obey. 

2  Eide  forth,  victorious  Conqueror,  ride, 

Till  all  thy  foes  suhmit, 
And  all  the  powers  of  hell  resign 
Their  trophies  at  thy  feet  ! 

3  Send  forth  thy  word,  and  let  it  fly 

The  spacious  earth  around ; 
Till  every  soul  beneath  the  sun 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound ! 

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CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

4  From  sea  to  sea,  from  shore  to  shore, 
May  Jesus  be  adored ; 
And  earth,  with  all  her  millions,  shout 
Hosanna  to  the  Lord  ! 

Cir.  Psalmody. 


229.  L  31. 

The  Saviour  ever  present. 

1  Jesus,  where  in  thy  name  we  meet, 
There  we  behold  thy  mercy-seat  ; 
Where'er  we  seek  thee,  thou  art  found, 
And  every  place  is  hallowed  ground. 

2  For  thou,  within  no  walls  confined, 
Inhabitest  the  humble  mind  ; 

Such  ever  bring  thee  where  they  come, 
And  going,  take  thee  to  their  home. 

3  Dear  Shepherd  of  thy  chosen  few  ! 
Thy  former  mercies  here  renew; 
Here  to  our  waiting  hearts  proclaim 
The  sweetness  of  thy  saying  name. 

4  Here  may  we  prove  the  power  of  prayer 
To  strengthen  faith  and  sweeten  care  ; 
To  teach  our  faint  desires  to  rise, 

And  bring  all  heaven  before  our  eyes. 

5  Lord,  we  are  few,  but  thou  art  near; 
Nor  short  thine  arm,  nor  deaf  thine  ear  ; 
O,  hear  our  prayer  before  thy  throne, 
And  make  our  waiting  hearts  thine  own. 

Cowpee. 

184 


CHRIST   THE    8 A VI 01  R    01     - 

2:10.  *  *v  :  b.  M. 

1  IfiOHTi  God !  while  angels  bless  thee, 

May  an  infant  lisp  thy  nam 
Lord  of  men,  as  well  as  angels, 
Thou  art  every  creature's  theme. 

2  Lord  of  every  land  and  nation, 

Ancient  of  eternal  da; 
Sounded  through  the  wide  creation 
Be  thy  just  and  lawful  praise  ; 

3  For  the  grandeur  of  thy  nature,  — 

Grand  beyond  the  seraph's  thought  ; 
For  created  work-  of  power. — 

Work-  with  skill  and  kindness  wrought  ; 

i  For  thy  providence,  that  governs 

Through  thine  empire's  wide  domain, 
Wings  an  angel,  guides  a  sparrow  ;  — 
Blessed  be  thy  gentle  reign. 

ROBERSOH. 

231.  P  M. 

1      No  war  nor  battle's  sound 
Was  heard  the  world  around; 
/so  ho^ile  chiefs  to  furious  combat  ran  ; 
But  peaceful  was  the  night. 

In  which  the  Prince  of  light 
His  reign  of  peace  upon  the  earth  began. 

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CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

2  No  conqueror's  sword  he  bore, 
Nor  warlike  armor  wore, 

Nor  haughty  passions  roused  to  contest  wild ; 

In  peace  and  love  he  came, 

And  gentle  was  the  reign 
Which  o'er  the  earth  he  spread  by  influence  mild. 

3  Unwilling  kings  obeyed, 

And  sheathed  the  battle  blade, 
And  called  their  bloody  legions  from  the  field. 

In  silent  awe  they  wait, 

And  close  the  warriors'  gate, 
Nor  know  to  whom  their  homage  thus  they  yield. 

4  The  peaceful  conqueror  goes, 
And  triumphs  o'er  his  foes, 

His  weapons  drawn  from  armories  above ; 

Behold  the  vanquished  sit 

Submissive  at  his  feet, 
And  strife  and  hate  are  changed  to  peace  and  love. 

H.  G.  0.  DWIGHT. 


232.  C.  M. 

1  Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross  ? 

A  follower  of  the  Lamb  ? 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause, 
Or  blush  to  speak  his  name  ? 

2  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies 

On  flowery  beds  of  ease  ? 
While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 
And  sailed  through  bloody  seas? 

186 


<  BBI81   tin     3AYIOUB    OF    SINKERS. 

8  Are  there  do  foes  for  me  to  fa< 
Most  I  qoI  stem  the  flood  ? 
[b  this  vile  world  a  friend  i<»  gra 
To  help  me  on  t«>  ( rod  ? 

4  Sure  I  must  fight,  if  T  would  reign  ; 

Increase  my  courage,  Lord  ; 

I'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints,  in  all  this  srlorious  war. 

Shall  conquer,  though  they  die  ; 
They  view  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  seize  it  with  their  eye. 

G  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 
And  all  thy  armies  >hine 
In  robes  of  victory  through  the  skies, 
The  glory  shall  be  thine. 


Watts. 


233.  S.  BE. 

The  Throne  of  Grace. 

1  Behold  the  throne  of  grace  ! 
The  promise  calls  me  near ; 

There  Jesus  shows  a  smiling  face, 
And  waits  to  answer  prayer. 

2  Thine  image,  Lord,  bestow, 
Thy  presence  and  thy  love ; 

I  ask  to  serve  thee  here  below, 
And  reign  with  thee  above. 

187 


CHRIST   THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

3     Teach  me  to  live  by  faith  ; 
Conform  my  will  to  thine ; 
Let  me  victorious  be  in  death, 
And  then  in  glory  shine. 

i     If  thou  these  blessings  give, 

And  wilt  my  portion  be, 
All  worldly  joys  I  '11  cheerful  leave, 
And  find  my  heaven  in  thee. 

Newton. 


234.  I*  M. 

Christ  a  Pattern  for  his  Followers. 

1  My  dear  Redeemer,  and  my  Lord, 
I  read  my  duty  in  thy  word ; 

But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 

2  Such  was  thy  truth,  and  such  thy  zeal, 
Such  deference  to  thy  Father's  will, 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 

I  would  transcribe,  and  make  them  mine. 

3  Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air 
Witnessed  the  fervor  of  thy  prayer  : 
The  desert  thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict,  and  thy  victory  too. 

4  Be  thou  my  pattern  ;    make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here  ; 

I'hen  God,  the  Judge,  shall  own  my  name 
Among  the  followers  of  the  Lamb. 

Watts. 

188 


CHRIST    i  in     BAVIOUB    01     8INNEB8, 
Christ's  Kingdom. 

1  Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  Bun 
I  toes  bis  successive  journeys  ran  ; 

His  kingdom  stretch  from  Bhore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  praises  throng  to  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name.  Like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

3  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song  ; 
And  infant  voice-  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

4  Let  every  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honors  to  our  King ; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud  amen  ! 

Watts. 


236.  L.  M. 

Extent  of  Christ's  Love. 

1  Jests,  thy  boundless  love  to  me 

No  thought  can  reach,  no  tongue  declare  ; 
Unite  my  thankful  heart  to  thee. 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there. 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

2  Thy  love,  how  cheering  is  its  ray ! 

All  pain  before  its  presence  flies ; 
Care,  anguish,  sorrow,  melt  away 
Where'er  its  healing  beams  arise. 

3  O,  let  thy  love  my  soul  inflame, % 

And  to  thy  service  sweetly  bind  ; 
Transfuse  it  through  my  inmost  frame, 
And  mould  me  wholly  to  thy  mind. 

4  Thy  love,  in  sufferings,  be  my  peace  ; 

Thy  love,  in  weakness,  make  me  strong ; 
And,  when  the  storms  of  life  shall  cease, 
Thy  love  shall  be  in  heaven  my  song. 
C.  Wesley. 


237.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Christ's  Exaltation. 

1  Jesus  !  hail !  enthroned  in  glory, 

There  forever  to  abide  ; 
All  the  heavenly  host  adore  thee, 
Seated  at  thy  Father's  side. 

2  There  for  sinners  thou  art  pleading, 

There  thou  dost  our  place  prepare ; 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 
Till  in  glory  we  appear. 

3  Worship,  honor,  power,  and  blessing, 

Thou  art  worthy  to  receive  : 
Loudest  praises,  without  ceasing, 
Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give. 

190 


(  HEIST    THE    SAVIOUR    01 

1    Belp,  ye  bright,  angelic  spirits  ! 

Bring  your  Bweetest,  noblest  lavs  ; 
lb ■!()  to  sing  our  Saviour's  merits, — 
Help  to  chant  Emmanuel's  praise. 


23S.  n   H. 

Christ's  Love  celebrated. 

1  Awake,  and  sing  the  song 
( )[   Moses  and  the  Lamb  ! 

Wake,  every  heart  and  every  tongue 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  name  ! 

2  Sing  of  his  dying  love,  — 
Sing  of  his  rising  power, — 

Sing  how  he  intercedes  above 
Fur  us,  whose  sins  he  bore. 

3  Sing,  till  we  feel  our  heart 
Ascending  with  our  tongue ; 

Sing,  till  the  love  of  sin  depart, 
And  grace  inspire  our  song. 

4  Soon  shall  we  hear  him  say, 

••  Ye  blessed  children,  come  !  n 
Soon  will  he  call  us  hence  away 
•To  our  eternal  home. 

5  There  shall  our  raptured  tongue 
His  endless  praise  proclaim  ; 

And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb  ! 

Ham  3i  on  d. 
191 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

239.  7  s.  M. 

Invitations  of  Jesus. 

1  Come  !  said  Jesus'  sacred  voice, 
Come,  and  make  my  paths  your  choice  : 
I  will  guide  you  to  your  home,  — 
Weary  pilgrim  !  hither  come. 

2  Thou  hast  long  withstood  his  grace  ; 
Long  provoked  him  to  his  face  ; 
Wouldst  not  hear  his  gracious  calls  ; 
Grieved  him  by  a  thousand  falls. 

3  Yet  how  great  his  mercies  are ! 
Yet  he  still  delights  to  spare ; 
Yet  he  cries,  "  O,  turn  and  live, 
I  thy  sins  will  still  forgive." 

4  O,  then  come,  —  for  here  is  found 
Balm  for  every  bleeding  wound, 
Peace,  which  ever  shall  endure,  — 
Rest,  eternal,  —  sacred,  —  sure  ! 

Barbauld. 


240.  C.  M. 

Christ  crowned  as  Lord  of  All. 

1  All  hail,  the  great  Immanuel's  name  ! 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall : 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

192 


OHRIfl  i     i  in.    -  wn.n:    01     BIN* 

2  Crown  him,  ye  martyrs  of  our  God, 
Who  from  his  altar  call : 
Praise  him  \\  ln>  Bhed  for  you  hia  blood, 

And  crown  him   Lord  of  all. 

8   Y*  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 

A  remnant  weak  and  small. 
Hail  him  who  Baves  yon  by  his  grace, 

And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

4  Ye  gentile  sinners,  ne'er  forget 

The  wormwood  and  the  gall ; 

Go  spread  your  trophies  at  his  feet, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

5  Let  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 

On  tin-  terrestrial  hall. 
To  him  all  majesty  ascribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

G  O,  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng 
We  at  his  feet  may  fall, 
And  join  the  everlasting  son?. 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

Duncan. 


241.  L  M« 

Prayer  for  Youth. 

Great  Saviour  !  who  didst  condescend 
Youii£  children  in  thine  arms  to  take, 

Still  prove  thyself  the  children's  friend, 
And  save  them  for  thy  mercy's  sake. 

17  193 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

2  While  in  the  slippery  paths  of  youth, 

Be  thou  their  guardian,  thou  their  guide  ; 
That  they,  directed  by  thy  truth, 
May  never  from  thy  precepts  slide. 

3  To  read  thy  word  their  hearts  incline ; 

To  understand  it,  light  impart : 

0  Saviour  !  let  their  all  be  thine  ! 
Take  full  possession  of  each  heart. 

Pratt's  Coll. 

242.  7  s.  M. 

A  Child-like  Spirit  implored. 

1  Quiet,  Lord !  my  fro  ward  heart ; 

Make  me  teachable  and  mild, 
Upright,  simple,  free  from  art ; 

Make  me  as  a  weaned  child ; 
From  distrust  and  envy  free, 
Pleased  with  all  that  pleases  thee. 

2  "What  thou  shalt  to-day  provide, 

Let  me  as  a  child  receive  ; 
What  to-morrow  may  betide, 

Calmly  to  thy  wisdom  leave : 
'T  is  enough  that  thou  wilt  care ; 
Why  should  I  the  burden  bear  ? 

3  As  a  little  child  relies 

On  a  care  beyond  his  own, 
Knows  he  's  neither  strong  nor  wise, 

Fears  to  move  one  step  alone  ;  — 
Let  me  thus  with  thee  abide, 
As  my  Father,  guard,  and  guide. 

194 


0HBI81    i  m     BAYIOUB    01     BIKNERS. 

Thus  preserved  from  Satan's  wiles, 
Safe  From  dangers,  free  from  fears, 

M.i\   I  li\  c  upon  thy  smiles, 
Till  the  promised  hour  appears, 

When  the  Bona  of  God  shall  prove 

All  their  Father's  boundless  love. 

N  i  w  r<  >  n  . 


God's  Guidance  implored. 

1  Gently,  Lord.  O  gently  lead  us, 

Through  this  lonely  vale  of  tears; 
Through  thf  changes  that  await  us. 
Till  our  last  great  change  appears. 

2  When  temptation's  darts  assail  us, 

When  in  devious  paths  we  -tray, 
Let  thy  goodness  never  fail  us, 

Lead  us  in  thy  perfect  way. 

3  In  the  hour  of  pain  and  anguish, 

In  the  hour  when  death  draw-  near, 
Suffer  not  our  heart-  to  languish, 
Suffer  not  our  souls  to  fear. 

4  When  our  mortal  life  is  en 

Bid  us  in  thine  am 

Till,  by  angel  hand-  attended. 
We  awake  among  the  blest 

ELkSEDTGS. 

195 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 


244.  C    M. 

1  Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  thee 

With  sweetness  tills  my  breas 
But  sweeter  far  thy  face  to  see, 
And  in  thy  presence  rest. 

2  Xor  voice  can  sing,  nor  heart  can  frame, 

Nor  can  the  memory  find, 
A  sweeter  sound  than  thy  blest  name, 
O  Saviour  of  mankind  ! 

3  0  hope  of  every  contrite  heart  ! 

O  joy  of  all  the  meek  ! 
To  those  who  fall,  how  kind  thou  art  ! 
How  good  to  those  who  seek! 

4  But  what  to  those  who  find  ?     Ah  !  this 

Xor  tongue  nor  pen  can  show, 
The  love  of  Jesus,  what  it  is, 
Xone  but  his  loved  ones  know. 

5  Jesus,  our  only  joy  be  thou, 

As  thou  our  prize  wilt  be  ; 
Jesus,  be  thou  our  glory  now, 
And  through  eternity. 

St.  Bernard. 


245.  L  M. 

Example  of  Christ. 

1  And  is  the  gospel  peace  and  love  ? 
Such  let  our  conversation  be  ; 

196 


(  BBI9  r    Till     -  LVIOl  R    OF    SINE 

The  serpenl  blended  with  the  dove, 
Wisdom  and  meek  simplicity, 

2  Whene'er  the  angry  passions  ri-<'. 

And  tempt  our  thoughts  or  tongues  to  Btrife, 
( )u  Jesus  let  us  fix  our 

Bright  pattern  of  the  Christian  life. 

».  how  benevolent  and  kind ! 

How  mild!  how  ready  to  forgn 
B<    bus  t        i  mper  of  our  mind. 
And  his  the  rules  by  which  we  live. 

4  To  do  his  Heavenly  Father's  will 
Was  his  employment  and  delight : 
Humility  and  holy  zeal 

S      ue  through  his  life  divinely  hright. 

o   Dispensi  he  came, 

The  labors  of  his  life  were  love  : 

Then,  it' we  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
By  his  example  let  us  move. 

Steele. 

246.  v  M 

Christ  the  Light  of  the  World. 

1  Behold,  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
The  chosen  of  the  Lord. 

God's  well-beloved  Son.  fulfils 
The  sure,  prophetic  word. 

2  No  royal  pomp  adorns 

This  King  of  Righteousness  ; 

IT  *  197 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

But  meekness,  patience,  truth,  and  love, 
Compose  his  princely  dress. 

3     The  Spirit  of  the  Lord, 
In  rich  abundance  shed, 
On  this  great  Prophet  gently  lights, 
And  rests  upon  his  head. 

i     He  is  the  Light  of  men  ; 

His  doctrine  life  imparts  ; 
O,  may  we  feel  its  quickening  power 
To  warm  and  cheer  our  hearts. 

Xeedham. 


247.  S.  M. 

God  as  seen  in  his  Works  and  Word. 

1  Behold  the  morning  sun 
Begins  his  glorious  way, 

His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

2  But  where  the  gospel  comes, 
It  spreads  diviner  light ; 

It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombs, 
And  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

3  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 
And  all  thy  judgments  just ! 

Forever  sure  thy  promise,  Lord, 
And  we  securely  trust. 

198 


(  HRI8T    ill;     BAYI01  B    01     SINNEB8. 

1      M\  _■  a  ions   I  Sod,  how  plain 
Are  ill)  directions  given  I 

( ).  in.iv  I  n.  \  er  read  in  vain, 
lint  find  the  path  to  heaven. 

WATTS. 

2 IS.  7  b.  >1 

Christ  qui  Btrangth. 

1  Feeble,  helpless,  how  shall  I 
I.  arn  to  live  and  learn  to  die  ? 
Who,  0  God,  my  guide  shall  be  ? 
Who  shall  lead  thy  child  to  tin 

2  Blessed  Father,  gracious  One, 
Thoii  hast  sent  thy  holy  Son; 
lie  will  Lri\ e  the  fight  I  need, 
lie  my  trembling  steps  will  lead. 

3  Through  this  world,  uncertain,  dim. 
Let  me  ever  learn  of  him  ; 

From  his  precepts  wisdom  draw, 
Make  his  lite  my  solemn  law. 

4  Thus  in  deed,  and  thought,  and  word, 
Led  by  Jesus  Christ  the  Lord, 

In  my  weakness,  thus  shall  I 
Learn  to  live  and  learn  to  die  : 

5  Learn  to  live  in  peace  and  love. 

Like  the  perfect  ones  above  ;  — 
Learn  to  die  without  a  tear. 
Feeling  thee,  my  Father,  near. 

Fn:x- 

199 


CHRIST    THE    SAVIOUR    OF    SINNERS. 

249.  L  31 

"  Come  to  Me." 

1  VTitii  tearful  eyes  I  look  around  ; 

Life  seems  a  dark  and  stormy  sea ; 
Yet,  'mid  the  gloom,  1  hear  a  sound, 
A  heavenly  whisper,  i;  Come  to  me." 

2  It  tells  me  of  a  place  of  rest ; 

It  tells  me  where  my  soul  may  flee : 
O,  to  the  weary,  faint,  oppressed, 

How  sweet  the  bidding,  u  Come  to  me ! ' 

3  "  Come,  for  all  else  must  fail  and  die ; 

Earth  is  no  resting-place  for  thee  ; 
To  heaven  direct  thy  weeping  eye, 
I  am  thy  portion ;  come  to  me." 

4  O,  voice  of  mercy !  voice  of  love  ! 

In  conflict,  grief,  and  agony, 
Support  me,  cheer  me  from  above  ! 
And  gently  whisper,  "  Come  to  me." 


250.  &  * 

Blessedness  of  the  Gospel  Ministry. 

1     How  beauteous  are  their  feet, 
"Who  stand  on  Sion's  hill, 
AVho  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

200 


CHRIST    THE    swim  B    OF    BUTNEBS. 

2     I  [ow  charming  is  their  voice  I 
1  [ow  sweet  their  tidings  are  ! 
uSion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King, 
I  [e  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 

8      How  happy  arc  our  oar- 
That  hoar  this  joyful  Bound, 
Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought,  but  never  found  ! 

•1     How  blessed  arc  our  - 

That  see  this  heavenly  light ! 
Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 

L>ut  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerusalem  break-  forth  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad ; 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour,  and  their  God. 

Watts. 


•201 


TRUST   IN    GOD. 


251.  H.  M. 

Safety  in  God. 

1  Upward  I  lift  mine  eyes, 

From  God  is  all  my  aid ; 
The  God  who  built  the  skies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made : 
God  is  the  tower  to  which  I  fly  ; 
His  grace  is  nigh  in  every  hour. 

2  My  feet  shall  never  slide, 

And  fall  in  fatal  snares, 
Since  God,  my  guard  and  guide, 

Defends  me  from  my  fears : 
Those  wakeful  eyes  that  never  sleep, 
Shall  safely  keep  when  dangers  rise. 

3  No  burning  heats  by  day, 

Nor  blasts  of  evening  air, 
Shall  take  my  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  me  there  : 
Thou  art  my  son,  and  thou  my  shade, 
To  guard  my  head  by  night  or  noon. 

202 


TRUST    IN'    «."l>. 

1     Hast  thou  not  given  thy  word 
To  save  my  soul  from  death  r 
And  I  can  trust  my  Lord 
To  keep  my  mortal  breath  : 
I  '11  go  and  come,  nor  fear  to  die, 
Till  from  on  high  thou  call  me  home. 

Watts. 


252.  L  M. 

God  our  shepherd. 

1  31  v  shepherd  is  the  living  Lord  ; 

Now  Bhall  my  Wants  he  well  supplied  : 
l\\<  providence  and  holy  word 
Become  my  safety  and  my  guide. 

2  In  pastures  where  salvation  grows, 

He  make-  me  feed,  he  makes  me  rest ; 
There  living  water  gently  flows, 
And  all  the  food's  divinely  blest 

3  My  wandering  feet  his  ways  mistake  ; 

But  he  restores  my  soul  to  peace, 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  sake, 

In  the  fair  paths  of  righteousness. 

4  Though  I  walk  through  the  gloomy  vale, 

Where  death  and  all  his  terrors  are  ; 
My  heart  and  hope  shall  never  fail, 

For  God,  my  shepherd  's  with  me  there. 

Watts. 
Q03 


TRUST    IX    GOD. 

253.  L  M. 

The  Heavenly  Race. 

1  Awake,  our  souls  !  away,  our  fears  ! 

Let  every  trembling  thought  be  gone  ; 
Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  race, 
And  put  a  cheerful  courage  on. 

2  True,  't  is  a  strait  and  thorny  road, 

And  mortal  spirits  tire  and  faint ; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 

Who  feeds  the  strength  of  every  saint. 

3  From  thee,  the  overflowing  spring, 

Our  souls  shall  drink  a  fresh  supply  ; 

While  such  as  trust  their  native  strength 

Shall  melt  away,  and  droop,  and  die. 

4  Swift  as  an  eagle  cuts  the  air, 

We  '11  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 
On  wings  of  love  our  souls  shall  fly, 
Nor  tire  amid  the  heavenly  road. 

Watts. 

254.  C.  M. 

Comfort  in  God. 

1  It  is  the  Lord,  who  gives  me  all, 
My  health,  my  friends,  my  ease  ; 
And  of  his  blessings  may  recall 
Whatever  part  he  please. 

204 


rBUSl     in    GOD. 

2  It  is  tlif  Lord,  h  ho  can  sustain 
Beneath  the  heavies!  load ; 
From  whom  assistance  I  obtain 

To  tread  the  thorny  road. 

8   It  is  the  Lord,  who  changeth  nol 
Tn  sickness  or  In  health, 
Whether  on  earth  my  transient  lot 
Be  poverty  or  wraith. 

4  And  can  my  bouI,  with  thoughts  like  these, 
Be  downcast,  or  repine  ? 
No,  gracious  God,  take  what  thou  please, 
To  thee  I  all  resign  ! 

Gbi  i 


%55.  T8.M. 

Divine  Protection. 

1  Tiiey  who  on  the  Lord  rely 
Safely  dwell,  though  danger  's  nigh  ; 
Lo,  his  sheltering  wings  are  spread 
O'er  each  faithful  servant's  head. 

2  Vain  temptation's  wily  snare  : 
They  shall  be  the  Father's  care  ; 
Harmless  ilies  the  shaft  by  day, 
Or  in  darkness  wings  its  way. 

3  When  they  wake,  or  when  they  sleep, 
Angel  guards  their  vigils  keep  ; 
Death  and  danger  may  be  near, 
Faith  and  love  can  never  fear. 

18  205 


TRUST    IN    GOD. 

256.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Contend  Earnestly  for  the  Truth. 

1  Christian  soldier,  heavenward  pressing, 

Onward,  let  thy  watchword  be ; 
God  upon  thee  pours  his  blessing, 
What  though  man  derideth  thee ! 

2  God,  for  all  thy  wants  providing, 

Armor  trusty  hath  for  thee ; 
Gird  thyself,  in  him  confiding, 
With  the  goodly  panoply. 

3  Righteousness  thy  breast  defending, 

And  thy  feet  with  justice  shod  ; 
Onward,  with  the  foe  contending, 
Wield  thy  sword,  the  word  of  God. 

4  Still  the  standard  o'er  thee  streaming 

Be  the  banner  pure  of  love, 
Where  in  glorious  blazon  beaming 
Floats  thy  pinions,  Holy  Dove. 

5  Onward,  then,  with  bold  contending, 

In  the  path  the  martyrs  trod  : 
God  to  thee  his  strength  is  lending, 
Onward,  in  the  strength  of  God. 

A.  C.  Coxe. 

257.  C.  K 

Providence  of  God. 

1   God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
His  wonders  to  perform  ; 

206 


TIM  -I     IN"    GOD. 

II.'  plants  his  footsteps  in  fh< 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2  I  )rrj>  10  unfathomable  mil 

( it  never-failing  skill, 
He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs, 

And  work-  bis  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take  ; 

The  cloud-  ye  BO  much  dread 
Are  l»i.Lr  with  mercy,  and  Bhall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 

But  trust  him  tor  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence 

lie  hide-  a  smiling  face. 

5  Hi-  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 

Cnfolding  every  hour  ; 
The  lutd  may  have  a  hitter  taste, 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  -can  his  work  in  vain; 
God  i-  his  own  interpreter. 
And  lie  will  make  it  plain. 

Cowfer. 


258.  C  M 

1  O  Lord  !  I  would  delight  in  thee, 
And  on  thy  care  depend  ; 

207 


TRUST    IX    GOD. 

To  thee  in  every  trouble  flee, 
My  best,  my  only  Friend. 

2  When  all  created  streams  are  dried, 

Thy  fulness  is  the  same ; 

May  I  with  this  be  satisfied, 

And  glory  in  thy  name ! 

3  No  good  in  creatures  can  be  found 

But  may  be  found  in  thee ; 
I  must  have  all  things,  and  abound, 
While  God  is  God  to  me. 

4  O  Lord !  I  cast  my  care  on  thee  ; 

I  triumph  and  adore  ; 
Henceforth  my  great  concern  shall  be 
To  love  and  please  thee  more. 

Eyland. 


259.  S.  31. 

The  Good  Shepherd. 

1  The  Lord  my  shepherd  is  ; 
I  shall  be  well  supplied ; 

Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
What  can  I  want  beside  ? 

2  He  leads  me  to  the  place 
Where  heavenly  pasture  grows  ; 

Where  living  waters  gently  pass, 
And  full  salvation  flows. 

208 


TBU81     in    GOD. 

B     I—     1     i  astray, 

1 1-  doth  my  soul  reclaim  ; 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  n 
1  \  >r  bis  most  holy  name. 

1     While  he  affords  his  aid, 

I  cannot  yield  to  fear ; 
Though  I  should  walk  thro1  death's  dark  shade, 

My  Shepherd  's  with  me  tL 

Watts. 


260.  S.  M. 

The  Mercies  of  God. 

1  O,  BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul! 
Let  all  within  me  join, 

And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name, 
Whose  favors  are  divine. 

2  'T  is  he  forgives  thy  sins, 
'T  is  he  relieves  thy  pain. 

'T  is  he  who  heals  thy  sicknesses, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

3  He  crowns  thy  life  with  love, 
When  ransomed  from  the  grave  ; 

He,  who  redeemed  my  soul  from  hell, 
Hath  sovereign  power  to  save. 

4  He  fills  the  poor  with  good; 
He  gives  the  sufferers  rest ; 

The  Lord  hath  judgments  for  the  proud, 
And  justice  for  the  oppressed. 

18  *  -209 


TRUST    IX    GOD. 


5     Then  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 
Let  all  within  me  join, 
And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name. 
Whose  favors  are  divine. 

Watts. 

261.  S.  ML 

1  Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one  ; 

Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please 
Through  all  their  actions  run. 

2  Blest  is  the  pious  house, 
Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet ; 

Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled  vows, 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

3  From  those  celestial  springs 
Such  streams  of  pleasure  flow, 

As  no  increase  of  riches  brings, 
Nor  honors  can  bestow. 

4  Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 
The  saints  are  blest  above  ; 

Where  joy,  like  morning  dew,  distils, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

Watts. 


262.  7  s.  M. 

Social  Worship. 

1  Come,  and  let  us  sweetly  join 
God  to  praise  in  hymns  divine ; 


1 JM  -  I     IN    <,<>D. 

( .i\c  we  all,  with  om  accord, 

Glory  to  our  common  Lord  ; 

1  lands,  and  hearts,  and  voices  rai 

Sing  as  in  the  ancient  days  ; 

Antedate  the  joys  aboi  e, 

Find  the  heaven  of  mutual  love. 

Saviour,  we  thy  promise  claim  ; 
We  arc  met  in  thy  great  name; 
In  the  midst  do  thou  appear; 
Manifest  thy  presence  here  ; 

Sanctify  us,  Lord,  and  bless  | 
Breathe  thy  spirit,  give  thy  peace; 
Thou  thyself  within  us  move  ; 
Make  this  hour  a  feast  of  love. 

Make  us  all  in  thee  complete  ; 
Make  us  all  for  glory  m< 
M<  et  to  appear  before  thy  sight, 
Partners  with  the  saints  in  light. 
Call,  0  call  us  each  by  name, 
To  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb  ; 
Let  us  lean  upon  thy  breast ; 
Love  be  there  our  endless  feast  ! 

Wesley. 


263.  L.  M. 

Faith  our  Support. 

1  'T  is  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 

We  walk  through  deserts  dark  as  night ; 
Till  we  arrive  at  heaven,  our  home, 
Faith  is  our  guide,  and  faith  our  light. 

211 


TRUST    IX    GOD. 

2  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies  ; 

She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear ; 
Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through, 

While  faith  inspires  a  heavenly  ray; 
Though  lions  roar,  and  tempests  blow, 
And  rocks  and  dangers  fill  the  way. 

Watts. 


264.  L  M. 

The  Christian  Warfare. 

1  Awake,  my  soul !  lift  up  thine  eyes  ; 
See  where  thy  foes  against  thee  rise, 
In  long  array,  a  numerous  host ; 
Awake,  my  soul !  or  thou  art  lost. 

2  Here  giant  danger  threatening  stands, 
Mustering  his  pale,  terrific  bands ; 
There  pleasure's  silken  banners  spread, 
And  willing  souls  are  captives  led. 

3  See  where  rebellious  passions  rage, 
And  fierce  desires  and  lusts  engage ; 
The  meanest  foe  of  all  the  train 

Has  thousands  and  ten  thousands  slain. 

4  Come,  then,  my  soul !  now  learn  to  wield 
The  weight  of  thine  immortal  shield ; 
Put  on  the  armor,  from  above, 

Of  heavenly  truth  and  heavenly  love. 


rRUST    IN    GOD. 


5  The  terror  and  the  charm  repel, 
And  powers  of  earth,  and  powers  of  hell ; 
Jesus,  our  Saviour,  triumphed  here; 


Why  should  his  faithful  followers  fea 


.? 


Barbauld. 


265.  6  &  1  s  31. 


Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  tip 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me  ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be, — 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

Though,  like  the  wanderer, 
The  sun  gone  down, 

Darkness  be  over  me, 
My  rest  a  stone  ; 

Yet  in  my  dreams  I  'd  be 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee,  — 
Nearer  to  thee  ! 

There  let  the  way  appear, 
Step-  unto  heaven  ; 

All  that  thou  sendest  me, 
In  mercy  given  ; 

Angel-  to  beckon  me 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee,  — 
Nearer  to  thee  ! 

213 


TRUST    IN    GOD. 

Then  with  my  waking  thoughts, 
Bright  with  thy  praise, 

Out  of  my  stony  griefs, 
Bethel  I  '11  raise  ; 

So  by  my  woes  to  be 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee,  — 
Nearer  to  thee  ! 

Or  if  on  joyful  wing, 

Cleaving  the  sky, 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars  forgot, 

Upward  I  fly ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be,  — 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee  ! 

Sarah  F.  Adams. 


266.  C.  M. 

Heavenly  Wisdom. 

1  0,  happy  is  the  man  who  hears 

Instruction's  warning  voice, 
And  who  celestial  wisdom  makes 
His  early,  only  choice. 

2  Wisdom  has  treasures  greater  far 

Than  east  or  west  unfold ; 
And  her  rewards  more  precious  are 
Than  is  the  gain  of  gold. 

3  In  her  right  hand  she  holds  to  view 

A  length  of  happy  years ; 

214 


I  Kl    -  I      IN      <  ■'  »!>. 

And  in  her  lefl  the  prize  of  fame 
Ami  lmiK.r  bright  app< 

'    S  e  guides  the  young,  with  innocence, 

In  pleasure's  path  to  tread  ; 

A  crown  of  glory  she  bestows 
Upon  the  hoary  head. 

5  According  as  her  labors  rise, 
So  her  rewards  increa 
Her  ways  arc  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

LOGAX. 


267.  S.  M. 

1  My  Father  bids  me  come, 

(  ).  why  do  I  delay  ? 
lie  calls  the  wandering  spirit  home, 
And  yet  from  him  1  stay  ! 

2  Father,  the  hindrance  show, 
Which  I  have  failed  to  see ; 

And  let  me  now  consent  to  know 

What  keeps  me  far  from  thee. 

3  Searcher  of  hearts,  in  mine 
Thy  trying  power  display  ; 

Into  its  darkest  corners  -hine, 
Take  every  veil  away. 

4  In  me  the  hindrance  lit 
The  fatal  bar  remove  : 

And  let  me  see,  in  sweet  surprise, 
Thy  full  redeeming  love. 

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TRUST    IN    GOD. 

268.  C.  31 

Fear  Not. 

1  Ye  trembling  souls,  dismiss  your  fears  ; 

Be  mercy  all  your  theme  ; 
For  mercy  like  a  river  flows, 
In  one  perpetual  stream. 

2  "  Fear  not "  the  powers  of  earth  and  hell ; 

God  will  those  powers  restrain  ; 
His  arm  will  all  their  rage  repel, 
And  make  their  efforts  vain. 

3  "  Fear  not "  the  want  of  outward  good  ; 

For  his  he  will  provide, 
Grant  them  supplies  of  daily  food, 
And  give  them  heaven  beside. 

4  "  Fear  not "  that  he  will  e'er  forsake, 

Or  leave  his  work  undone  ; 
He  's  faithful  to  his  promises, 
And  faithful  to  his  Son. 

5  "  Fear  not "  the  terrors  of  the  grave, 

Nor  death's  relentless  sting  ; 
From  each  he  '11  take  their  victory 
And  to  his  presence  bring. 

Beddome. 


269.  C.  M 

1  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  reign, 

216 


I  .I>. 

Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 
A'mI  never-withering  flowers ; 
Death,  like  a  narrow  Bea,  dii  ides 
This  heavenly  land  From  our-. 

Sweet  fields,  beyond  the  swelling  flood. 

Stand  dressed  in  living  green  : 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 

While  Jordan  rolled  between. 

4  But  timorous  mortals  start  and  shrink. 

To  cross  this  narrow  sea. 
And  linger  shivering  on  the  brink, 
And  tear  to  launch  away. 

5  O,  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

Those  gloomy  doubts  that  r. 
And  see  the  Canaan  that  we  love, 
With  unbeelouded  eyes,  — 

6  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er,  — 
Not  Jordan'-  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

Watts. 


270.  *  s  M- 

Who  shall  dwell  in  Heaven. 

1   TVho,  0  Lord,  when  life  is  o'er, 
Shall  to  heaven's  blest  mansions  soar ; 

19  217 


TRUST    IN    GOD. 

Who,  an  ever-welcome  guest, 
In  thy  holy  place  shall  rest  ?  — 

2  He,  whose  heart  thy  love  has  warmed  ; 
He,  whose  will  to  thine  conformed, 
Bids  his  life  unsullied  run  ; 

He,  whose  words  and  thoughts  are  one  ; 

3  He,  who  shuns  the  sinner's  road, 
Loving  those  who  love  their  God  ; 
Who,  with  hope,  and  faith  unfeigned, 
Treads  the  path  by  thee  ordained ; 

4  He,  who  trusts  in  Christ  alone, 
Not  in  aught  himself  hath  done  :  — 
He,  great  God,  shall  be  thy  care, 
And  thy  choicest  blessings  share. 

Lyte. 


271.  S.  31. 

1  0  cease,  my  wandering  soul, 
On  restless  wing  to  roam  ; 

All  the  wide  world,  to  either  pole, 
Has  not  for  thee  a  home. 

2  Behold  the  Ark  of  God, 
Behold  the  open  door ! 

Hasten  to  gain  that  dear  abode, 
And  rove,  my  soul,  no  more. 

3  There,  safe  thou  shalt  abide, 
There  sweet  shall  be  thy  rest, 

218 


TKl-I      IX     GO 

An<l  every  longing  satisfied) 
With  full  salvation  blest 

i     And  when  the  waves  of  ire, 
Again  the  earth  shall  fill, 

The  Ark  -hall  ride  tin'  sea  of  fire, 
Then  rest  on  Sion's  hill. 

Muhlenberg. 


319 


ADVENT   OF   CHRIST. 


272.  C.  M. 

Design  of  Christ's  Advent. 

1  Hark!  the  glad  sound!  the  Saviour  comes, 

The  Saviour  promised  long  ! 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne, 
And  every  voice  a  song. 

2  He  comes,  —  the  prisoner  to  release, 

In  Satan's  bondage  held : 
The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

3  He  comes,  —  from  darkening  scales  of  vice 

To  clear  the  inward  sight ; 
And  on  the  eyeballs  of  the  blind 
To  pour  celestial  light. 

4  He  comes,  —  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 

The  bleeding  soul  to  cure ; 
And  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 
To  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

5  Our  glad  hosannas,  Prince  of  peace, 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim  ; 
And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 

Doddridge. 

220 


ai»\  IN  I    OF    <  HB18T. 

I'rai-r  10  the  Saviour. 

1  To  thee,  0  blessed  Saviour! 

My  heart  exulting 
Rejoicing  in  thy  Payor, 

Almighty  King  of  kii 
I  '11  celebrate  the  glory, 

With  all  thy  saints  above, 
And  tell  the  joyful  story 

Of  thy  redeeming  love. 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  with  roses 

Bedecks  the  dewy 
And  when  the  sun  rejx 

Upon  the  ocean's  breast ; 
My  voice,  in  supplication, 

Well-pleased  thou  shall  hear : 
O.  grant  me  thy  salvation, 

And  to  my  soul  draw  near  ! 

3  By  thee,  through  life  supported, 

I  '11  pass  the  dangerous  road, 
"With  heavenly  hosts  escorted, 

Up  to  thy  bright  abode  ; 
Then  east  my  crown  before  thee, 

And,  all  my  conflicts  o'er, 
In  holier  songs  adore  thee, 

And  praises  evermore. 


ADVENT    OF    CHRIST. 

274.  8&7s.  31. 

Christmas  Hymn. 

1  Hark  !  what  mean  those  holy  voices, 

Sweetly  sounding  through  the  skies  ? 
Lo  !  the  angelic  host  rejoices  ; 
Heavenly  hallelujahs  rise. 

2  Listen  to  the  wondrous  story, 

Which  they  chant  in  hymns  of  joy ; 
"  Glory  in  the  highest,  glory  ! 
Glory  be  to  God  most  high ! 

3  "  Peace  on  earth,  good-will  from  heaven, 

Reaching  far  as  man  is  found ; 
Souls  redeemed  and  sins  forgiven  ; 
Loud  our  golden  harps  shall  sound. 

4  "  Christ  is  born,  the  great  anointed  ; 

Heaven  and  earth  his  praises  sing ! 
O,  receive  whom  God  appointed 

For  your  prophet,  priest,  and  king." 

Cawood. 


275.  I<  «• 

Song  of  the  Angels  at  the  Saviour's  Birth. 

When  Jordan  hushed  his  waters  still, 

And  silence  slept  on  Zion's  hill ; 

When  Bethlehem's  shepherds  through  the  night 

Watched  o'er  their  flocks  by  starry  light ; 

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ai»\  i:\  i    OF    '  BBI8T. 

2  On  wings  of  light,  on  win;_r>  of  flame 
The  glorious  h<>-t>  of  Zioo  came  ; 

High  heaven  with  songs  of  triumph  rang 
While  thus  they  -truck  their  harp-  and  Bung 

3  ••  1 1  Zion  !  litt  thy  raptured 
The  long  expected  hour  La  nigh  : 
The  joys  of  nature  rise  again 

The  Prince  of  Salem  comes  to  reign. 

1  ••  B  .  from  her  golden  urn. 

Pour-  a  rich  stream  to  them  that  mourn  ! 
Behold,  she  hind-,  with  tender  care. 
The  bleeding  bosom  of  despair  ! 

5  u  He  com.-  !  to  cheer  the  trembling  heart, 
Bids  Satan  and  his  host  depart  ; 

Again  the  Day-tar  gilds  the  gloom, 
in  the  bowers  of  Eden  bloom. 

6  "  O  Zion  !  lift  thy  raptured  eye, 
The  long  expected  hour  is  nigh  ; 
The  joys  of  nature  rise  again, 

The  Prince  of  Salem  comes  to  reign." 

CA-MPBELL. 


270.  8,  T,  &  4  s  H. 

1   Cjikistjan  !  see  !  the  orient  morning 
Breaks  along  the  heathen  sky  : 
Lo !  the  expected  day  is  dawning, — 
Gloriou-  dayspring  from  on  high  ; 

Hallelujah  I  — 
Hail  the  da) spring  from  on  high ! 

'22Z 


ADVENT    OF    CHRIST. 

2  Heathens  at  the  sight  are  singing ; 

Morning  wakes  the  tuneful  lays  ; 
Precious  offerings  they  are  bringing,  — 
First-fruits  of  more  perfect  praise  ; 

Hallelujah  !  — 
Hail  the  dayspring  from  on  high ! 

3  Zion's  Sun  !  —  salvation  beaming,  — 

Gilding  now  the  radiant  hills,  — 
Kise  and  shine,  till  brighter  gleamings 
All  the  world  thy  glory  fills  ; 

Hallelujah  !  — 
Hail  the  dayspring  from  on  high ! 

4  Lord  of  every  tribe  and  nation  ! 

Spread  thy  truth  from  pole  to  pole  ; 
Spread  the  light  of  thy  salvation, 
Till  it  shine  on  every  soul ; 

Hallelujah!  — 
Hail  the  dayspring  from  on  high  ! 

Leland's  Hymns. 


277.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

1  Hark  !  ten  thousand  harps  and  voices 
•   Sound  the  notes  of  praise  above  ; 
Jesus  reigns,  and  heaven  rejoices ; 

Jesus  reigns,  the  God  of  love  : 
See  he  sits  on  yonder  throne  ; 
Jesus  rules  the  world  alone. 


APvr.N  l    01     i  BRI8T. 

2  Jesus,  hail!  whose  glory  bright 
All  above,  and  gii ea  it  worth  ; 
Lord  o\'  life,  thy  Bmile  enlightens, 
Cheers, and  charms  thy  saints  on  earth: 

When  we  think  oflove  like  thine, 

Lord,  we  own  it  love  divine* 

o  King  of  glory,  reign  forever; 

Thine  an  everlasting  crown ; 
Nothing  from  fchy  love  shall  sever 

Those  whom  thou  hast  made  thine  own; 
Happy  objects  of  thy  grace, 
Destined  to  behold  thy  face. 

4  Saviour,  hasten  thine  appearing  ; 
Bring,  0  bring  the  glorious  day, 
When,  the  awful  summons  hearing, 

I  haven  and  earth  shall  pass  away: 
Then,  with  golden  harps,  we'll  sing, 
••  Glory,  glory  to  our  King." 

Kelly. 


278.  C.  M. 

The  Saviour's  Mission  and  Love. 

1  Tut:  Saviour  !  —  O,  what  endless  charms 

Dwell  in  the  blissful  sound! 
Its  influence  every  fear  disarms, 
And  spreads  sweet  peace  around. 

2  Here  pardon,  life,  and  joys  divine, 

In  rich  effusion  flow, 

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ADVENT    OF    CHRIST. 

For  guilty  rebels  lost  in  sin, 
And  doomed  to  endless  woe. 

3  O,  the  rich  depths  of  love  divine, 

Of  bliss  a  boundless  store  ! 
Dear  Saviour !  let  me  call  thee  mine  ; 
I  cannot  wish  for  more. 

4  On  thee  alone  my  hope  relies, 

Beneath  thy  cross  I  fall ; 
My  Lord,  my  life,  my  sacrifice, 
My  Saviour  and  my  all ! 

STEELE. 


279.  H.  M. 

1  Haek  !  what  celestial  sounds, 

What  music  fills  the  air ! 
Soft  warbling  to  the  morn, 

It  strikes  the  ravished  ear : 
jSow  all  is  still ;  now  wild  it  floats, 
In  tuneful  notes,  loud,  sweet,  and  shrill. 

2  The  angelic  hosts  descend, 

With  harmony  divine  : 
See  how  from  heaven  they  bend, 
And  in  full  chorus  join  : 
<•'  Fear  not,"  say  they  ;  u  Great  joy  we  bring : 
Jesus,  your  King,  is  born  to-day." 

3  He  comes,  your  souls  to  save 

From  death's  eternal  gloom  ; 

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ADVENT    01     CHB 

i  alms  of  bliss  and  light 
He  lifts  you  from  the  tomb: 
Your  voices  raise,  with  sons  of  light  ; 
Your  songs  unite  of  endless  praise. 

I     ( rlory  to  ( -od.  on  high  ! 

Y<   mortals  spread  the  .-ound. 
And  let  your  raptures  fly 
To  earth's  remotest  bound  : 

For  peace  on  earth,  from  God  in  heaven, 
To  man  is  given,  at  Jesus'  birth. 

Salisbury  Coll. 


2S0.  11  s.  M. 

1  While  nature  was  Binking  in  stillness  to  rest, 
The  last  beam  of  daylight  shone  dim  in  the  west, 

O'er  fields  by  pale  moonlight  or  stars'  trembling 

ray. 
In  deep  meditation  I  wandered  away. 

2  While  passing  a  garden  I  paused  to  hear, 

A  voiee  taint  and  plaintive,  from  One  that  was 

there  ; 
The  voice  of  the  sufferer  affected  my  heart, 
While  pleading  in  anguish  the  poor  sinner's  part. 

3  So  deep  were  bis  sorrows,  so  fervent  his  prayers. 
That  down  o'er  his  bosom  rolled  sweat,  blood, 

and  tear- ! 
I  wept  to  behold  him  !  —  I  asked  him  his  name, 
He  answered,  *•  'T  is  Jesus  !    from  heaven  I 

came !" 


ADVENT    OF    CHRIST. 

How  sweet  was  that  moment  lie  bade  me  rejoice ! 
His  smile,  O  how  pleasant !     How  pleasant  his 

voice ! 
I  flew  from  the  garden  to  spread  it  abroad ! 
I  shouted  Salvation  !  and  Glory  to  God ! 

I  'm  now  on  my  journey  to  mansions  above ; 
My  soul 's  full  of  glory,  of  light,  grace,  and  love  ! 
I  think  of  the  garden,  the  prayers,  and  the  tears, 
Of  that  loving  Stranger,  who  banished  my  fears  ! 

The  day  of  bright  glory  is  rolling  around, 
When   Gabriel  descending,  the  trumpet  shall 

sound ; 
My  soul  then  in  raptures  of  glory  shall  rise 
To  gaze  on  the  Stranger  with  unclouded  eyes. 


281.  H.  M. 

1  Hark  !  hark  !  —  the  notes  of  joy 

Roll  o'er  the  heavenly  plains, 
And  seraphs  find  employ 
For  their  sublimest  strains  ; 
Some  new  delight  in  heaven  is  known  : 
Loud  sound  the  harp  around  the  throne. 

2  Hark  !  hark  !  —  the  sound  draws  nigh, 

The  joyful  hosts  descend  ; 
Jesus  forsakes  the  sky, 

To  earth  his  footsteps  bend  ; 
He  comes  to  bless  our  fallen  race ; 
He  comes  with  messages  of  grace. 

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ADVENT   OF    <  Hi: 

Bear,  bear  the  tidings  round  ; 

Lei  every  mortal  know 
What  love  in  ( rod  is  Pound, 
What  pity  he  can  -how  ; 
le  winds  that  blow!  ye  waves  thai  roll! 
Bear  the  glad  new-  from  pole  to  pole. 

1     Strike,  strike  the  harps  again, 
T    great  Immanuel'a  name  ; 

A  ii  f  ye  sons  of  men  ! 

And  all  hi-  grace  proclaim: 
Angels  and  men.  wake  every  string, 
Tifl  God  the  Saviour's  praise  we  s 

Reed's  Coll. 


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282.  C.  M. 

1  Come,  sinner,  to  the  gospel  feast ; 

O,  come  without  delay  ; 
For  there  is  room  in  Jesus'  breast 
For  all  who  will  obey. 

2  There  's  room  in  God's  eternal  love 

To  save  thy  precious  soul ; 
Room  in  the  Spirit's  grace  above 
To  heal  and  make  thee  whole. 

3  There  's  room  within  the  church,  redeemed 

With  blood  of  Christ  divine  ; 
Room  in  the  white-robed  throng,  convened 
For  that  dear  soul  of  thine. 

4  There's  room  in  heaven  among  the  choir, 

And  harps  and  crowns  of  gold, 

And  glorious  palms  of  victory  there, 

And  joys  that  ne'er  were  told. 

5  There 's  room  around  thy  Father's  board 

For  thee  and  thousands  more  : 
O,  come  and  welcome  to  the  Lord ; 
Yea,  come  this  very  hour. 

Huntingdon. 

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283.  L.  M 

Invitation  to  go  t.>  Christ. 

1  Come,  weary  bouIs  I  with  sili  distressed. 
Come,  and  accept  the  promised  rest  ; 

The  Saviour's  gracious  call  obey, 
And  Cast  your  gloomy  fears  away. 

2  H<  re  m<  ray's  boundless  ocean  Hows. 

To  cleanse  your  guilt  and  heal  your  woes  : 
Pardon  and  life,  and  endless  peace,  — 

How  rich  the  gift,  how  free  the  grace! 

3  Lord!  we  accept,  with  thankful  heart. 
The  hope  thy  gracious  word-  impart; 
We  come,  with  trembling  :  yet  rejoice, 
And  bless  the  kind  inviting  voice. 

4  Dear  Saviour !  let  thy  powerful  love 
Contirm  our  faith, — our  fears  remove; 
O,  sweetly  reign  in  every  breast, 
And  guide  us  to  eternal  rest ! 

Steele. 


2S4.  C.  M. 

The  Saviour's  Invitation. 

1  The  Saviour  calls,  let  every  ear 
Attend  the  heavenly  sound  : 
Ye  doubting  souls  !  dismiss  your  fear, 
Hope  smiles  reviving  round. 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

For  every  thirsty,  longing  heart, 
Here  streams  of  bounty  flow, 

And  life,  and  health,  and  bliss  impart, 
To  banish  mortal  woe. 

Ye  sinners  !  come,  't  is  mercy's  voice ; 

That  gracious  voice  obey  ; 
Mercy  invites  to  heavenly  joys,  — 

And  can  you  yet  delay  ? 

Dear  Saviour  !  draw  reluctant  hearts  ; 

To  thee  let  sinners  fly, 
And  take  the  bliss  thy  love  imparts, 

And  drink,  and  never  die. 

Steele. 


285.  C.  M. 

The  Sinner  warned. 

1  Sinner  !  art  thou  still  secure  ? 

Wilt  thou  still  refuse  to  pray  ? 
Can  thy  heart  or  hand  endure, 
In  the  Lord's  avenging  day  ? 

2  See,  his  mighty  arm  is  bared  ; 

Awful  terrors  clothe  his  brow  ; 
For  his  judgments  stand  prepared;  — 
Thou  must  either  break  or  bow. 

3  At  his  presence  nature  shakes, 

Earth,  affrighted,  hastes  to  flee ; 
Solid  mountains  melt  like  wax : 
What  wilt  then  become  of  thee  ? 

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•1  Who  hia  advent  can  abide  ? 

Sou  thai  glory  in  your  Bhame, 
Can  you  find  a  place  to  bide, 
When  (In'  world  Lb  wrapt  in  Same  ? 

Newtoh. 


286.  1  b.  M. 

..  xxxiii.  11. 

1  SlNNEBS,  turn,  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why? 
God,  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live  ; 
lie  the  fatal  cause  demands, 

Askfl  tli«/  work  of  his  own  hands, — 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  ye  cross  his  love,  and  die  ? 

2  Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ? 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why  ? 
He  who  did  your  souls  retrieve, 
Died  himself,  that  ye  might  live. 
Will  ye  let  him  die  in  vain  ? 
Crucify  your  Lord  again  ? 

Why,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace,  and  die  ? 

3  Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ? 
God,  the  Spirit,  asks  you  why? 
He,  who  all  your  lives  hath  strove, 
Urged  you  to  embrace  his  love. 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

Will  ye  not  his  grace  receive  ? 
Will  ye  still  refuse  to  live  ? 
O,  ye  dying  sinners  !  why, 
Why  will  ye  forever  die  ? 


287.  I-  >I 

1  While  life  prolongs  its  precious  light, 

Mercy  is  found,  and  peace  is  given ; 
But  soon,  ah  soon,  approaching  night 
Shall  blot  out  every  hope  of  heaven. 

2  Soon,  borne  on  time's  most  rapid  wing, 

Shall  death  command  you  to  the  grave, 
Before  his  bar  your  spirits  bring, 
And  none  be  found  to  hear  or  save. 

3  In  that  lone  land  of  deep  despair, 

No  Sabbath's  heavenly  light  shall  rise, — 
No  God  regard  your  bitter  prayer, 
No  Saviour  call  you  to  the  skies. 

4  Silence,  and  solitude,  and  gloom, 

In  those  forgetful  realms  appear ; 
Deep  sorrows  fill  the  dismal  tomb, 
And  hope  shall  never  enter  there. 

5  Now  God  invites  ;  how  blest  the  day  ! 

How  sweet  the  Gospel's  charming  sound  ! 
Come,  sinners,  haste,  0  haste  away, 
While  yet  a  pardoning  God  is  found. 

D  WIGHT. 
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INVITATIONS    \.Nh    i.miii  uii-. 

888.  '     ■»•■ 

Binnen  urged  to  Religion. 

1  Why  will  ye  waste  on  trifling  cures, 
That  life  which  God's  compassion  spares; 
While,  in  the  various  range  of  thought, 
The  one  thing  needful  is  forgol  ? 

2  Shall  God  invite  you  from  above? 
Shall  Jesus  urge  his  dying  i 

Shall  troubled  conscience  give  you  pain  ? 
And  all  these  pleas  be  urged  in  vain  ? 

3  Not  so  your  eye-  will  always  view 
Those  objects  which  you  now  pursue  : 
Not  bo  will  heaven  and  hell  appear, 
When  death'-  decisive  hour  is  near. 

4  Almighty  God,  thy  grace  impart  ; 
Fix  deep  conviction  on  each  heart  ; 
Nor  let  us  waste,  on  trilling  cares, 
That  life  which  thy  compassion  spares. 

Doddridge. 


289.  ^  M. 

Invitation  to  Wanderers. 

1   Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  seek  an  injured  Father'-  face; 
Those  warm  desires  that  in  thee  burn, 
Were  kindled  by  reclaiming  grace. 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

2  Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 

And  seek  a  Father's  melting  heart ; 
His  pitying  eyes  thy  grief  discern, 
His  hand  shall  heal  thine  inward  smart. 

3  Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 
Thy  Saviour  bids  thy  spirit  live  ; 
Go  to  his  bleeding  feet,  and  learn 
How  freely  Jesus  can  forgive. 

4  Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  wipe  away  the  falling  tear ; 

'T  is  God  who  says,  "  Xo  longer  mourn," 
'T  is  mercy's  voice  invites  thee  near. 

COLLYER. 


290.  C.  31. 

Turn  to  thy  Maker. 

1  Turn  to  thy  Maker,  child  of  earth, 

"While  life  is  in  its  spring  ; 
Turn  to  thy  Maker,  while  thine  heart 

Can  purest  tribute  bring  ! 
Thine  eye  with  youthful  hope  is  bright ; 

O,  lift  its  light  to  heaven, 
Ere  thou  hast  tears  to  dim  its  glance 

For  sins  not  yet  forgiven  ! 

2  Turn  to  thy  Maker,  child  of  joy, 

For  though  thy  path  be  fair, 
Full  fast  upon  thy  footstep  treads 
The  iron  heal  of  care. 

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i\  vi  r  \  I  n  »\  -     \\D    ENTRE  \  riES. 

The  gorgeous  visions  of  thy  breast 

Shall  pass,  returning  q< 
For  they  are  like  the  meteor-fires, 

Thai  flash  and  fade  forever ! 


291.  C  M. 

11  Bemembei  thy  Creator." 

1  Yi<:  joyous  one- !  upon  whose  brow 

The  light  of  youth  is  shed, 
O'er  whose  glad  path  life's  early  flowers 

In  glowing  beauty  spread  ; 
Forget  not  I Tii ii  whose  love  hath  poured 

Around  that  golden  light, 
And  tinged  those  opening  buds  of  hope 

With  hues  so  softly  bright. 

2  Thou  tempted  one  !  just  entering 

Upon  enchanted  ground, 
Ten  thousand  snares  are  spread  for  thee, 

Ten  thousand  foes  surround : 
A  dark  and  a  deceitful  band, 

Upon  thy  path  they  lower  ; 
Trust  not  thine  own  unaided  strength 

To  save  thee  from  their  power. 

3  Thou  whose  yet  bright  and  joyous  e 

May  soon  be  dimmed  with  tears, 
To  whom  the  hours  of  bitterness 
Must  come  in  coming  years  ; 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

Teach  early  thy  confiding  eye 
To  pierce  the  cloudy  screen, 

To  look  above  the  storms  of  life, 
Eternally  serene. 


Bkigg's  Coll. 


292.  I*  JL 

Life  the  Time  to  serve  God. 

1  There  is  a  God  who  reigns  above, 
Lord  of  the  heaven,  and  earth,  and  seas  ; 
I  fear  his  wrath,  I  ask  his  love, 

And  with  my  lips  I  sing  his  praise. 

2  There  is  a  law  which  he  has  made, 
To  teach  us  all  that  we  must  do ; 
My  soul,  be  his  commands  obeyed, 
For  they  are  holy,  just,  and  true. 

3  There  is  a  gospel  rich  in  grace, 
Whence  sinners  all  their  comforts  draw  ; 
Lord,  I  repent  and  seek  thy  face, 

For  I  have  often  broke  thy  law. 

4  There  is  an  hour  when  I  must  die, 
Nor  do  I  know  how  soon  't  will  come  ; 
How  many  younger  much  than  I, 

Have  passed  by  death  to  hear  their  doom  ! 

5  Let  me  improve  the  hours  I  have, 
Before  the  day  of  grace  is  fled  ; 
There  's  no  repentance  in  the  grave, 
Nor  pardon  offered  to  the  dead. 

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INVITATIONS    am-    in  1  i:i   \  i  [SB. 
Tha  Btriring  of  the  spirit. 

1  Say,  sinner,  hath  a  voice  within, 

( )ft  whispered  to  thy  .-cent  soul ; 
Orged  tlit-**  to  Leave  the  way-  of  sin, 

And  yield  thy  heart  to  God's  control? 

2  Hath  something  met  thee  in  the  path 

Of  worldlinesa  and  vanity, 
And  pointed  to  the  coming  wrath, 

And  warned  thee  from  that  wrath  to  flee? 

3  Sinner,  it  was  a  heavenly  voice, 

It  was  the  Spirit'-  gracious  call  ; 
It  bade  thee  make  the  hitter  choice,     „ 
And  haste  to  seek  in  Christ  thine  all. 

4  Spurn  not  the  call  to  life  and  light  ; 

Regard  in  time  the  warning  kind ; 
That  call  thou  mayst  not  always  slight, 
And  yet  the  gate  of  mercy  find. 

5  God's  Spirit  will  not  always  strive 

With  hardened,  self-destroying  man; 
Ye  who  persist  his  love  to  grieve, 
May  never  hear  his  voice  again. 

6  Sinner,  perhaps  this  very  day, 

Thy  last  accepted  time  may  be; 
0,  shouldst  thou  grieve  him  now  awTay, 
Then  hope  may  never  beam  on  thee. 

Hyde. 
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294.  7  s.  M. 

Mercy  sought  and  found. 

1  Pilgrim,  burdened  with  thy  sin, 

Come  the  way  to  Zion's  gate ; 
There,  till  mercy  speaks  within, 

Knock,  and  weep,  and  watch,  and  wait. 
Knock,  —  he  knows  the  sinner's  cry ; 

Weep,  —  he  loves  the  mourner's  tears  ; 
Watch,  —  for  saving  grace  is  nigh  ; 

Wait,  —  till  heavenly  light  appears. 

2  Hark  !  it  is  thy  Saviour's  voice, 

"Welcome,  pilgrim,  to  thy  rest;" 
Now,  within  the  gate,  rejoice, 

Safe,  and  owned,  and  bought,  and  blest. 
Safe,  —  from  all  the  lures  of  vice  ; 

Owned,  —  by  joys  the  contrite  know ; 
Bought, — by  love,  and  life  the  price  ; 

Blest,  —  the  mighty  debt  to  owe. 

3  Christian  pilgrim  !  what  for  thee 

In  a  world  like  this  remains  ? 
From  thy  guarded  breast  shall  flee 

Fear,  and  shame,  and  doubts,  and  pains. 
Fear,  —  the  hope  of  heaven  shall  fly  ; 

Shame,  —  from  glory's  view  retire  ; 
Doubt,  — in  full  belief  shall  die  ; 

Pain,  —  in  endless  bliss  expire. 

Crabbe. 

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DfTITATIONS    \M>    i.niim.ai  n>. 
Prayer  kn  Youth. 

1  Bestow,  0  Lord,  upon  our  youth 

The  Lritt  of  saving  grace, 
And  lei  the  Beed  of  sacred  truth 
Fall  in  a  fruitful  place. 

2  Grace  is  a  plant,  where'er  it  grows, 

( )t'  pure  and  heavenly  root ; 
But  fairest  in  the  youngest  shows, 

And  vields  the  sweetest  fruit. 


3  Ye  careless  ones,  O  hear  betimes 

The  voice  of  sovereign  love  ; 

Your  youth  is  stained  with  many  crimes, 
But  mercy  reigns  above. 

4  For  you  the  public  prayer  is  made  ; 

O.  join  the  public  prayer  ! 

For  you  the  sacred  tear  is  shed; 
O,  shed  yourselves  a  tear ! 

5  We  pray  that  you  may  early  prove 

The  Saviour's  quickening  grace  ; 
Too  young  you  cannot  taste  his  love, 
Or  seek  his  smiling  face. 

COWPBB. 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

296.  8?  7,  &  4  s.  M. 

The  Sinner  invited  and  threatened. 

1  Hear,  O  sinner !  mercy  hails  you, 

Now  with  sweetest  voice  she  calls, 
Bids  you  haste  to  seek  the  Saviour, 
Ere  the  hand  of  justice  falls  ; 

Hear,  O  sinner  !  — 
"Pis  the  voice  of  mercy  calls. 

2  See  !  the  storm  of  vengeance  gathering 

O'er  the  path  you  dare  to  tread  ; 
Hark  !  the  awful  thunders  rolling 
Loud,  and  louder  o'er  your  head ;  — 

Turn,  O  sinner !  — 
Lest  the  lightnings  strike  you  dead. 

3  Haste,  O  sinner  !  to  the  Saviour, 

Seek  his  mercy  while  you  may ; 
Soon  the  day  of  grace  is  over ; 
Soon  your  life  will  pass  away ; 

Haste,  O  sinner  !  — 
You  must  perish,  if  you  stay. 

Reed. 

297.  L  M. 

Teachings  and  Invitation  of  Jesus. 

1  How  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound 
From  lips  of  gentleness  and  grace, 
When  listening  thousands  gathered  round, 
And  joy  and  reverence  filled  the  place ! 

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INVITATIONS    and    i  \  iki.  \  ; 

2  Prom  heaven  he  c-.unr.  of  heaven  he  spoke, 
To  heaven  he  led  his  followers1  way ; 
Dark  clouds  of  gloomy  night  he  bro 
Unveiling  an  immortal  day. 

9  "Come,  wanderers,  to  ray  Father's  home, 
Come,  all  ye  weary  ones,  and  n 
Yes,  Bacred  Teacher,  we  will  come. 

Obey  thee,  love  thee,  and  be  blest 

Bowsrao. 


298.  C.  M. 

Tlie  Invitations  of  tlio  Gospel. 

1  Let  every  mortal  ear  attend. 

And  every  heart  rejok 
The  trumpet  of  the  gospel  sounds, 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

2  IIo  !  all  ye  hungry,  starving  souls, 

That  feed  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  the  immortal  mind,  — 

3  Eternal  wisdom  has  prepared 

A  soul-reviving  feast, 
And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  Ho!  ye  that  pant  for  living  streams, 

And  pine  away,  and  die,  — 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirst 
With  springs  that  never  dry. 

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5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 

In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  flows. 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

6  The  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace 

Stand  open  night  and  day  ;  — 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 

Watts. 


299.  T  &  6  s.  M. 

11  Remember  thy  Creator." 

1  "  Remember  thy  Creator," 

While  youth's  fair  spring  is  bright, 
Before  thy  cares  are  greater, 

Before  comes  age's  night ; 
While  yet  the  sun  shines  o'er  thee, 

While  stars  the  darkness  cheer, 
While  life  is  all  before  thee, 

Thy  great  Creator  fear. 

2  "  Remember  thy  Creator," 

Ere  life  resigns  its  trust, 
Ere  sinks  dissolving  nature, 

And  dust  returns  to  dust ; 
Before  with  God,  who  gave  it, 

The  spirit  shall  appear  : 
He  cries,  who  died  to  save  it, 

M  Thy  great  Creator  fear." 

S.  F.  Smith. 

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QfYITATIOKfl   am>    i.mkla; 
300.  8     1 

Parental  Entreaty. 

1  My  -on.  know  thou  the  Lord, 
Thy  fat  li- 
ft ek  hie  pr  ire  by  night. 

Hi-  guardian  hand  by  day, 

2  Call,  while  he  may  be  (bond, 

( K  ae<  k  him  while  he  V  near : 
S     ■ »'  him  with  all  thy  heart  and  mind, 
And  worship  him  with  fear. 

3  If  thou  wilt  seek  his  fac  . 
His  car  will  hear  thy  cry  : 

Then  shall  thou  find  his  mercy  sure, 
His  grace  forever  nigh. 

4  Yield  then  to  love  divine, 
Break  off  your  .-ins  to-day  ; 

Aeeept  the  Saviour's  pardoning  grace, 
Believe,  repent,  and  pray. 


301.  L  ■■ 

1   Betiolp  a  Stranger  at  the  door  ! 
He  gently  knock-,  has  knocked  before ; 

waited  long,  i-  waiting  still; 
You  treat  no  other  friend  so  ill. 

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INVITATIONS    AND    ENTREATIES. 

2  O,  lovely  attitude, —  he  stands 

With  melting  heart,  and  loaded  hands : 
O,  matchless  kindness,  —  and  he  shows 
This  matchless  kindness  to  his  foes ! 

3  But  will  he  prove  a  friend  indeed  ? 
He  will,  —  the  very  Friend  you  need ; 
The  Friend  of  sinners,  —  yes,  't  is  he, 
With  garments  dyed  on  Calvary. 

4  Rise,  touched  with  gratitude  divine, 
Turn  out  his  enemy  and  thine. 
That  soul-destroying  monster,  sin,  — 
And  let  the  heavenly  stranger  in. 

5  Admit  him,  ere  his  anger  burn,  — 
His  feet,  departed,  ne'er  return  ; 
Admit  him,  or  the  hour 's  at  hand, 
You  '11  at  his  door  rejected  stand. 

Gregg. 


302. 


L.  M. 

Christ's  Invitation. 


1  "  Come  hither,  all  ye  weary  souls, 

Ye  heavy-laden  sinners,  come  ; 
I  '11  give  you  rest  from  all  your  toils, 
And  raise  you  to  my  heavenly  home. 

2  "  They  shall  find  rest  that  learn  of  me : 

I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind : 
But  passion  rages  like  the  sea, 
And  pride  is  restless  as  the  wind. 

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DTVTTATIONfl    AND    BKTREATIE8. 

3  u  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  shoulders  take 

M\  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight ; 
U  v  j  oke  is  easy  to  his  neck. 

M,   grace  -hall  make  the  burden  Hght." 

4  Jesus,  we  come  at  thy  command  ; 

With  faith,  and  hope  and  humble  zeal. 
Resign  our  spirits  to  thy  hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  will. 

Watts, 


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303. 


REPENTANCE. 


CM. 

1  Just  as  I  am." 


1  Just  as  I  am,  without  one  plea, 
But  that  thy  blood  was  shed  for  me, 
And  that  thou  bid'st  me  come  to  thee, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 

2  Just  as  I  am,  and  waiting  not 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot, 

To  thee  whose  blood  can  cleanse  each  spot, 
0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 

3  Just  as  I  am,  though  tossed  about 
With  many  a  conflict,  many  a  doubt, 
Fightings  within,  and  fears  without, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 

4  Just  as  I  am,  —  poor,  wretched,  blind  ; 
Sight,  riches,  healing  of  the  mind, 
Yea,  all  I  need,  in  thee  to  find, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 


5  Just  as  I  am,  —  thou  wilt  receive, 
Wilt  welcome,  pardon,  cleanse,  relieve ; 

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REP1  K 

\\<  cause  thy  promise  T  beli< 
1 1  Lamb  of  ( Sod,  I  come  I 

G  Just  as  I  am, —  thy  love  unknown 

JIatli  broken  every  barrier  down  ; 

Now,  to  be  thine,  yea.  thine  alone, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 


30 1.  C  BL 

Returning  to  God. 

1  How  oft,  ala-  !  this  wretched  heart 

Has  wandered  from  the  Lord  ! 
How  oft  my  roving  thoughts  depart. 

Forgetful  of  his  word  ! 

2  Yet  sovereign  mercy  calls,  u  Return  !  " 

Dear  Lord  !  and  may  I  come  ? 
My  vile  ingratitude  I  mourn  ; 
O,  take  the  wanderer  home ! 

3  And  canst  thou,  —  wilt  thou  yet  forgive, 

And  bid  my  crimes  remove  ? 

And  shall  a  pardoned  rebel  live 

To  speak  thy  wondrous  love  ? 

4  Almighty  grace  !  thy  healing  power. 

How  glorious,  —  how  divine  ! 
That  can  to  life  and  bliss  restore 
A  heart  so  vile  as  mine ! 

Q49 


KEPEXTANCE. 

Thy  pardoning  love,  —  so  free,  so  sweet,  - 

Dear  Saviour  !  I  adore  ; 
0,  keep  me  at  thy  sacred  feet, 

And  let  me  rove  no  more ! 

Steele. 


305.  I*  M.  6  l. 

Supplication  for  Pardon. 

1  Father  of  mercies,  —  God  of  love  ! 

O,  hear  a  humble  suppliant's  cry; 
Bend  from  thy  lofty  seat  above, 

Thy  throne  of  glorious  majesty  : 
O,  deign  to  hear  my  mournful  voice, 
And  bid  my  drooping  heart  rejoice. 

2  I  urge  no  merits  of  my  own, 

No  worth,  to  claim  thy  gracious  smile  : 
No,  —  when  I  bow  before  thy  throne, 

And  dare  converse  with  God  awhile,  — 
Thy  name,  blest  Jesus,  is  my  plea, — 
Dearest  and  sweetest  name  to  me ! 

3  Father  of  mercies,  —  God  of  love  ! 

Then  hear  thy  humble  suppliant's  cry ; 
Bend  from  thy  lofty  seat  above, 

Thy  throne  of  glorious  majesty: 
One  pardoning  word  can  make  me  whole, 
And  soothe  the  anguish  of  my  soul. 

Epis.  Coll. 

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BEP1 A  PANOB. 

306.  <     M. 
Tin'  Hetty  float 

1  Df.ak  Father!  to  thy  mercy-seat 

My  BOUl  for  shelter  fli<  S  ! 

'T  is  here  I  find  a  Bafe  retreat, 
When  storms  and  tempests  i 

2  My  cheerful  hope  can  never  die, 

If  thou,  my  God  !  art  near; 
Thy  grace  can  raise  my  comforts  high, 
And  banish  every  fear. 

3  My  great  Protector,  and  my  Lord  ! 

Thy  constant  aid  impart ; 
O,  let  thy  kind,  thy  gracious  word 
Sustain  my  trembling  heart  ! 

4  0,  never  let  my  soul  remove 

From  this  divine  retreat ; 
Still  let  me  trust  thy  power  and  love, 
And  dwell  beneath  thy  feet. 

Steele. 

307.  C  M. 

Comfort  in  God. 

1  Dear  Refuge  of  my  weary  soul, 
On  thee,  when  sorrows  rise. 
On  thee,  when  waves  of  trouble  roll, 
My  fainting  hope  relies. 


REPEXTANCE. 

2  To  thee  I  tell  each  rising  grief, 

For  thou  alone  canst  heal ; 
Thy  word  can  bring  a  sweet  relief 
For  every  pain  I  feel. 

3  But  oh !  when  gloomy  doubts  prevail, 

I  fear  to  call  thee  mine  ; 
The  springs  of  comfort  seem  to  fail, 
And  all  my  hopes  decline. 

4  Yet,  gracious  God,  where  shall  I  flee  ? 

Thou  art  my  only  trust ; 
And  still  my  soul  would  cleave  to  thee, 
Though  prostrate  in  the  dust. 

5  Thy  mercy-seat  is  open  still ; 

Here  let  my  soul  retreat ; 
With  humble  hope  attend  thy  will, 
And  wait  beneath  thy  feet. 

Steele. 


308.  L.  M 

Stay,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay  ! 

Though  I  have  done  thee  such  despite, 
Cast  not  a  sinner  quite  away. 

Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 

Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been 
Of  all  whoe'er  thy  grace  received  ; 

Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  seen, 

Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  grieved ;- 

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REP1 

8  ret,  ( I  ill'1  chief  of  sinner 

In  lmnor  of  my  great  High  Pri< 
Nor,  in  thy  righteous  anger,  su  i 
1  shall  not  Bee  thy  people's  i 

4  O  Lord,  my  weary  soul  release, 

And  raise  me  by  thy  gracious  hand; 
Guide  me  into  thy  perfect  p< 
And  bring  me  to  the  promised  land. 

I    M.I.Y. 


309.  <    M- 

Surrenderim:  to  Christ. 

1  People  of  the  living  God, 

I  have  Bought  the  world  around. 
Paths  of  sin  and  sorrow  trod. 
Peace  and  comfort  nowhere  found: 
Now  to  you  my  spirit  turns. 
Turns  a  fugitive  unblest  ; 
Brethren,  where  your  altar  burns, 
O,  receive  me  into  : 

2  Lonely.  I  no  longer  roam. 

Like  the  cloud,  the  wind,  the  wave  ; 
Where  you  dwell  shall  be  my  home, 
Where  you  die  shall  be  my  grave  ; 
Mine  the  God  whom  you  adore, 
Your  Redeemer  shall  be  mine  ; 
Earth  can  fill  my  soul  no  more, 
Every  idol  I  resign. 

22  253 


KEPENTANCE. 

Tell  me  not  of  gain  or  loss, 
Ease,  enjoyment,  pomp,  or  power, 
Welcome  poverty  and  cross, 
Shame,  reproach,  affliction's  hour  : 
u  Follow  me  ; "  I  know  thy  voice ; 
Jesus,  Lord,  thy  steps  I  see  ; 
Kow  I  take  thy  yoke,  by  choice  ; 
Light  thy  burden  now  to  me. 

Montgomery. 


310.  C.  31. 

Repentance  for  Backsliding. 

1  O  Thou,  whose  tender  mercy  hears 

Contrition's  humble  sigh  ; 
Whose  hand  indulgent  wipes  the  tears 
From  sorrow's  weeping  eye  : 

2  See,  low  before  thy  throne  of  grace, 

A  wretched  wanderer  mourn  ; 
Hast  thou  not  bid  me  seek  thy  face  ? 
Hast  thou  not  said,  —  Return  ? 

3  And  shall  my  guilty  fears  prevail 

To  drive  me  from  thy  feet  ? 
O,  let  not  this  dear  refuge  fail, 
This  only  safe  retreat. 

4  Absent  from  thee,  my  Guide,  my  Light, 

Without  one  cheering  ray  : 
Through  dangers,  fears,  and  gloomy  night, 
How  desolate  my  way  ! 

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REP!  \  I   W<    I  . 

5  ( ),  shine  on  this  benighted  heart, 
With  beams  of  mercy  shine  ! 
And  lei  thy  healing  roice  impart 
A  i.i-!.  of  joya  dn ine. 

B  i  !  BLR. 

311.  L.* 

M  For  all  have  tinned." 

1  We  sin,  whenever  we  pursue 
What  God  commands  us  not  to  do  ; 
We  sin,  too,  if  we  ever  shun 
What  he  hath  told  us  must  be  done. 

2  Thus  have  we  often  sinned,  and  still 
Offend  against  his  holy  will: 

We  know  our  duty,  hut  the  heart 
Wdl  from  its  sacred  rules  depart. 

3  O,  let  us  then  confess  our  sin, 
And  all  the  faults  we  hide  within  ; 
And  let  the  erring  heart  deplore 
Its  follies,  and  do  wrong  no  more, 

4  If  we  sincerely  now  repent, 

And  trust  in  him  whom  Heaven  hath  sent, 
He  will  remove  the  threatening  rod, 
And  bear  us  to  the  arms  of  God. 

Peabody. 

312.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

"  Before  the  Cross." 

1   Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing, 
Which  before  the  cross  I  spend  ; 

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REPENTANCE. 

Life,  and  health,  and  peace  possessing, 
From  the  sinner's  dying  Friend. 

2  Truly  blessed  is  this  station, 

Low  before  his  cross  to  lie  ; 
While  I  see  divine  compassion 
Beaming  in  his  gracious  eye. 

3  Here  it  is  I  find  my  heaven, 

While  upon  the  cross  I  gaze  ; 
Love  I  much  ?  I  've  much  forgiven  ; 
I  'm  a  miracle  of  grace. 

4  Love  and  grief  my  heart  dividing, 

With  my  tears  his  feet  I  '11  bathe  ; 
Constant  still,  in  faith  abiding, 
Life  deriving  from  his  death. 

5  Here  in  tender,  grateful  sorrow 

With  my  Saviour  will  I  stay  ; 
Here  new  hope  and  strength  will  borrow ; 
Here  will  love  my  fears  away. 

Beattie. 


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MEEKNESS   AND   HUMILITY. 


313.  CM. 

Submission. 

1  How  sweet  to  be  allowed  to  pray 

To  God,  the  holy  one  ; 
With  filial  love  and  trust  to  say, 
O  God,  thy  will  be  done  ! 

2  We  in  these  saered  words  can  find 

A  cure  for  every  ill, 
They  calm  and  soothe  the  troubled  mind, 
And  bid  all  care  be  still. 

3  0,  may  that  will  that  gave  me  birth, 

And  an  immortal  soul, 
In  joy  or  grief,  in  life  or  death, 
My  every  wish  control. 

4  O,  could  my  heart  thus  ever  pray, 

Thus  imitate  thy  Son  ! 
Teach  me,  O  God,  in  truth  to  say, 
Thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done. 

FOLLEN. 
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MEEKNESS    AND    HUMILITY. 

314.  S.  H. 

Meekness  and  Candor. 

1  O,  may  we  still  maintain 
A  meek,  inquiring  mind  ; 

Assured  we  shall  not  search  in  vain, 
But  hidden  treasures  find. 

2  With  understanding  blest, 
Created  to  be  free, 

Our  faith  on  man  we  dare  not  rest, 
Subject  to  none  but  thee. 

3  Lord,  give  the  light  we  need  ; 
With  soundest  knowledge  fill ; 

From  noxious  error  guard  our  creed, 
From  prejudice  our  will. 

4  The  truth  thou  shalt  impart 
May  we  with  firmness  own ; 

Abhorring  each  evasive  art, 
And  fearing  thee  alone. 

J.  Scott. 


315.  l  m- 

Meekness. 

1  Happy  the  meek,  whose  gentle  breast, 
Clear  as  the  summer's  evening  ray, 
Calm  as  the  regions  of  the  blest, 
Enjoys  on  earth  celestial  day. 


KBBKNESS    AND    HUMILITY. 

2   \\\<  heart  do  broken  friendships  sting, 
No  storms  his  peaceful  tenl  invade ; 
II«>  rests  beneath  the  Almighty's  wing, 
Hostile  to  none,  of  none  afraid. 

8  The  upright  man  no  want  -hall  feaf; 
Thy  providence  -hall  be  his  trust ; 

Thou  wilt  provide  his  portion  here 
Thou  friend  and  guardian  of  the  just  ! 

J.  Scott. 


316.  S.  31. 

1  I  lift  ray  soul  to  God  ; 
My  trust  is  in  his  name  : 

Let  not  my  i'oc-,  that  >eek  my  blood, 
Still  triumph  in  my  shame. 

2  From  early  dawning  light 
Till  evening  shades  arise, 

For  thy  salvation.  Lord,  I  wait, 
With  ever-longing  eyes. 

3  Remember  all  thy  grace. 
And  lead  me  in  thy  truth  ; 

Forgive  the  sins  of  riper  days, 
And  follies  of  my  youth. 

4  The  Lord  is  just  and  kind  ; 
The  meek  -hall  learn  his  ways ; 

And  every  humble  sinner  find 
The  blessings  of  his  grace. 

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MEEKNESS    AND    HUMILITY. 


317.  S.  M. 

1  How  gentle  God's  commands  ! 
How  kind  his  precepts  are  ! 

"  Come,  cast  your  burdens  on  the  Lord, 
And  trust  his  constant  care." 

2  Beneath  his  watchful  eye 
His  saints  securely  dwell ; 

That  hand  which  bears  all  nature  up, 
Shall  guard  his  children  well. 

3  Why  should  this  anxious  load 
Press  down  your  weary  mind? 

Haste  to  your  Heavenly  Father's  throne, 
And  sweet  refreshment  find. 

4  His  goodness  stands  approved, 
Through  each  succeeding  day  ; 

I  '11  drop  my  burden  at  his  feet, 
And  bear  a  song  away. 

Doddridge. 


318.  S.  M. 

Blessedness  of  the  Pure  in  Heart. 

1     Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart, 
For  they  shall  see  our  God  ; 
The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  theirs  ; 
Their  soul  is  his  abode. 

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Mil. km  98    and    HUMILITY. 

2     Still  to  the  lowly  soul 

I  [e  <loth  himself  impart, 
And  tor  his  temple  and  his  throne 
Selects  the  pure  in  heart 

Mason. 


319.  C  M. 

to  walk  wit! 

1  0,  r < m  h  closer  walk  with  * 

A  calm  and  heavenly  frame, — 
A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 

That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb  ! 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew 

When  first  I  Raw  the  Lord? 
Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus,  and  his  word  ? 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoyed ! 

How  sweet  their  memory  still  I 
But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  O  holy  Dove  !  return, 

Sweet  messenger  of  rest  ! 
I  hate  the  sin-  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

5  The  deare-t  idol  I  have  known,  — 

Whatever  that  idol  be, — 
Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 


MEEKNESS    AND    HUMILITY. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God, 
Calm  and  serene  my  frame  ; 
So  purer  light  shall  mark  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

Cowper. 

320.  I*  M. 

The  bird  that  soars  on  highest  wing 
Builds  on  the  ground  her  lowly  nest ; 

And  she  that  doth  most  sweetly  sing 

Sings  in  the  shade  when  all  things  rest :  — 

In  lark  and  nightingale  we  see 

What  honor  hath  humility. 

When  Mary  chose  the  better  part, 

She  meekly  sat  at  Jesus'  feet ; 
And  Lydia's  gently  opened  heart 

Was  made  for  God's  own  temple  meet :  — 
Fairest  and  best  adorned  is  she 
Whose  clothing  is  humility. 

The  saint  that  wears  heaven's  brightest  crown 

In  deepest  adoration  bends ; 
The  weight  of  glory  bows  him  down, 

Then  most  when  most  his  soul  ascends :  — 
Nearest  the  throne  itself  must  be 
The  footstool  of  humility. 

Montgomery. 

321.  I-  M. 

Christ  our  Example. 

1  Make  us,  by  thy  transforming  grace, 
Dear  Saviour,  daily  more  like  thee  ! 


MEEKNESS     \M>    HUMILITY. 

Thy  fair  example  may  we  trace, 
To  teach  n-  h  hat  we  ought  to  ; 

2  O,  how  benevolent  and  kind! 

How  mild  !  —  liow  ready  to  (brgi 
Be  thi-  the  temper  of  our  mind. 

And  these  the  rule-  by  which  we  live. 

3  To  do  his  Heavenly  Father'.-  will 

Waa  hia  employment  and  delight ; 

Humility  and  holy  zeal 

Shone  through  his  life  divinely  bright. 

4  Dispensing  good  where'er  he  came, 

The  labors  of  his  life  were  love  ; 
Then,  if  we  hear  the  Saviour's  name, 
By  hi-  example  let  08  move. 

5  But  ah  !  how  blind  !  —  how  weak  we  are  ! 

How  frail !  —  how  apt  to  turn  aside  ! 
Lord,  we  depend  upon  thy  care, 
And  ask  thy  Spirit  for  our  guide. 

Steele. 

322.  L  BL 

"  Who  on  Earth  are  Blessed  ?  " 

1  Blest  are  the  men,  whose  hearts  do  move 
And  melt  with  sympathy  and  love  ; 

From  Christ,  the  Lord,  shall  they  obtain 
Like  sympathy  and  love  again. 

2  Blest  are  the  meek,  who  stand  afar 
From  rage  and  passion,  noise  and  war ; 

2b3 


MEEKNESS    AND    HUMILITY. 

God  will  secure  their  happy  state, 
And  plead  their  cause  against  the  great. 

Blest  are  the  souls  that  thirst  for  grace,  — 
Hunger  and  long  for  righteousness  ; 
They  shall  be  well  supplied,  and  fed 
With  living  streams  and  living  bread. 

Blest  are  the  pure,  whose  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  power  of  sin  ; 
With  endless  pleasure  they  shall  see 
A  God  of  spotless  purity. 

Blest  are  the  sufferers,  who  partake 
Of  pain  and  shame,  for  Jesus'  sake  ; 
Their  souls  shall  triumph  in  the  Lord,  — 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 

Watts. 


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3-23.  I*  «■ 

Love  to  Cod  and  our  Neighbor. 

1  Thus  saith  the  first,  the  great  command, 

u  Let  all  thy  inward  powers  unite, 
To  love  thy  Maker,  and  thy  God, 
With  utmost  vigor  and  delight. 

2  '-Then  shall  thy  neighbor,  next  in  place, 

Share  thine  affection  and  esteem; 
And  let  thy  kindness  to  thyself, 

Measure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him." 

3  This  is  the  sense  that  Moses  spoke  ; 

This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove  ; 
For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke, 
And  the  whole  law  's  fuliilled  by  love. 

4  But  0  how  base  our  passions  are  ! 

How  cold  our  charity  and  zeal ! 
Lord,  fill  our  souls  with  heavenly  fire, 
Or  we  shall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 

Watts. 


LOVE, 
324.  C  P  H. 

God  is  Love. 

1  My  God  !  thy  boundless  love  I  praise; 
How  bright  on  high  its  glories  bla 

How  sweetly  bloom  below  ! 
It  streams  from  thine  eternal  throne  ; 
Through  heaven  its  joys  forever  run, 

And  o'er  the  earth  they  flow. 

2  'Tis  love  that  paints  the  purple  morn. 
And  bids  the  clouds  in  air  upborne 

Their  genial  drops  distil  : 
In  every  vernal  beam  it  glows. 
And  breathes  in  every  gale  that  blows, 

And  glides  in  every  rill. 

3  It  robes  in  cheerful  green  the  ground, 
And  pours  its  flowery  beauties  round, 

Whose  sweets  perfume  the  gale  ; 
Its  bounties  richly  spread  the  plain. 
The  blushing  fruit,  the  golden  grain, 

And  smile  in  every  vale. 

4  Then  let  the  love,  that  makes  me  blest, 
With  cheerful  praise  inspire  my  breast, 

And  ardent  gratitude  : 
And  all  my  thoughts  and  passions  tend 
To  thee,  my  Father  and  my  Friend. 

My  soul's  eternal  good. 

H.  Moors. 

2o6 


LOVK. 
■85.  •  -    ■■ 

Brotherly  Love. 

1  (  t'  >d  i if  I 'V--.  ire  look  to  I 
Lei  us  in  thy  Son  Bgn 

S     >W  to  u>  the  Prince 
oar  jars  forev 

2  By  thy  reconciling  love, 

imbling-block  remove; 
i  to  each  unite,  endear, 
Come  and  spread  thy  banner  here. 

3  Make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind, 
Courteous,  pitiful,  and  kind: 
Lowly,  meek,  in  :li<.»;i_rht  anil 
Altogether  like  our  Lord. 

4  Let  D8  for  each  other  ca: 

Ba  h  the  other'.-  burden  bear; 
To  thy  church  the  pattern  Lr' 
Show  how  true  believers  live. 

5  Free  from  anger  and  from  pride, 
Let  us  thus  in  God  abide  ; 

All  the  depths  of  love  express, 
All  the  heights  of  holiness. 

6  Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  the  family  ah 

On  the  wings  of  angels  fly. 
Show  how  true  believers  die. 

Wesley. 


LOVE. 

326.  s  at 

Christian  Harmony. 

1  Let  party  names  no  more 

The  Christian  world  o'erspread : 
The  good  of  every  name  and  sect 
Are  one  in  Christ  their  Head. 

2  Among  the  saints  on  earth 
Let  mutual  love  be  found  ; 

Heirs  of  the  same  inheritance, 
With  mutual  blessings  crowned. 

3  Let  envy  and  ill-will 
Be  banished  far  away ; 

And  all  in  Christian  bonds  unite, 
Who  the  same  Lord  obey. 

4  Thus  will  the  church  below 
Resemble  that  above ; 

Where  no  discordant  sounds  are  heard, 
But  all  is  peace  and  love. 

Beddome. 


327.  S.  M. 

Communion  with  the  Father  and  Christ. 

1     Our  Heavenly  Father  calls, 
And  Christ  invites  us  near ; 
With  both,  our  friendship  shall  be  sweet, 
And  our  communion  dear. 

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LOVE. 

i     I  rod  pities  all  our  griefi  : 

He  pardon-  cwry  day  : 

Almighty  to  protect  our  souls, 

And  frifie  tO  guide  our  way. 

9     How  large  his  bounties  are  I 

What  various  stores  ofgood, 

Diffused  from  our  Redeemers  hand, 
And  purchased  with  his  hlood  ! 

1     Jesus,  our  living  head, 

We  bless  thy  faithful  care  ; 

Our  advocate  before  the  throne, 

And  our  forerunner  there. 

3     Here  fix,  my  roving  heart ! 
Here  wait,  my  warmest  love  I 

Till  this  communion  be  complete 
In  nobler  scenes  above. 

Doddridge. 


328.  L  HI- 

God's  Goodness  Unceasing. 

1  My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love  ! 

Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new  ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above 
Gently  distil  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night, 

Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours, 
Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 

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LOVE. 


I  yield  my  powers  to  thy  command, 
To  thee  I  consecrate  my  days ; 

Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  hand 
Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 

Watts. 


329.  C  31. 

A  Feeling  Heart  implored. 

1  Far  from,  thy  servants,  God  of  grace, 

The  unfeeling  heart  remove, 
And  form  in  our  obedient  souls 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2  O,  may  our  sympathizing  breasts, 

The  generous  pleasure  know, 
Kindly  to  share  in  others'  joy, 
And  weep  for  others'  woe. 

3  Where'er  the  helpless  sons  of  grief 

In  low  distress  are  laid, 
Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 

4  0,  be  the  law  of  love  fulfilled 

In  every  act  and  thought, 
Each  angry  passion  far  removed, 
Each  selfish  view  forgot ! 

5  Be  thou,  my  heart,  dilated  wide 

With  this  kind,  social  grace, 
And,  in  one  grasp  of  fervent  love, 
All  earth  and  heaven  embrace. 

Doddridge. 

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L01  i 

3JSO.  T,   >I 

Love  to  Parental 

1  To  honor  those  who  gave  as  birth, 
To  cheer  their  age,  to  feel  their  worth, 
Is  God's  command  to  human  kind, 
And  owned  by  every  grateful  mind. 

2  Think  of  her  toil,  her  anxious  care, 
Who  formed  thy  lisping  lips  to  prayer, 
To  win  for  God  the  yielding  soul. 

And  all  its  ardent  thoughts  control. 

3  Nor  keep  from  memory's  glad  review, 
The  fears  which  all  the  father  knew  ; 
The  joy  that  marked  his  thankful  gaze 
As  virtue  crowned  maturer  days. 

4  When  pressed  by  sickness,  pain,  or  grief, 
How  anxious  they  to  give  relief! 

Our  dearest  wish  they  held  their  own  ; 
Till  ours  returned,  their  peace  was  flown. 

5  God  of  our  life,  each  parent  guard, 
And  death's  sad  hour,  0  long  retard; 
Be  theirs  each  joy  that  gilds  the  past; 
And  heaven  our  mutual  home  at  last. 

Noel. 


LOVE. 

331.  C.  M. 

The  Beauty  of  Christian  Love. 

1  How  sweet,  bow  heavenly  is  the  sight 

When  those  that  love  the  Lord, 
In  one  another's  peace  delight, 

And  thus  fulfil  his  word  ! 

• 

2  When  each  can  feel  his  brother's  sigh, 

And  with  him  bear  a  part ; 
When  sorrow  flows  from  eye  to  eye, 
And  joy  from  heart  to  heart :  — 

3  When,  free  from  envy,  scorn,  and  pride, 

Our  wishes  all  above, 
Each  can  his  brother's  failings  hide, 
And  show  a  brother's  love :  — 

4  When  love,  in  one  delightful  stream, 

Through  every  bosom  flows ; 
And  union  sweet,  and  dear  esteem, 
In  every  action  glows. 

5  Love  is  the  golden  chain,  that  binds 

The  happy  souls  above  ; 
And  he  's  an  heir  to  heaven  that  finds 
His  bosom  glow  with  love. 

SwAI>\ 


332.  H.  M. 

Love  of  Christ  celebrated. 

1  Come,  every  pious  heart 

That  loves  the  Saviour's  name, 

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LOT  i  • 

Your  noblest  power  exert 
To  celebrate  his  fame : 
Tell  all  above,  and  all  below. 
The  debt  of  love  to  him  you  owe. 

2  lie  left  his  -tarry  crown. 

And  laid  bis  robes  aside ; 
On  wings  of  love  came  down. 

And  wept,  and  bled,  and  died: 
What  lie  endured,  ()  who  can  tell ! 
T     save  our  Bouls  from  death  and  hell. 

3  From  the  dark  grave  he  rose, 

The  mansion  of  the  dead  ; 
And  thence  his  mighty  toe- 
In  glorious  triumph  led  ; 
Up  through  the  sky  the  conqueror  rode. 
And  reigns  on  high,  —  the  Saviour  God. 

4  Jesus,  we  ne'er  can  pay 

The  debt  we  owe  thy  love  ; 
Yet  tell  us  how  we  may 

Our  gratitude  approve  : 
Our  hearts,  —  our  all,  —  to  thee  we  give  : 
The  gift,  though  small,  do  thou  receive. 

Stexnett. 


333.  C  31. 

Goodness  of  God. 

1   Lord,  I  would  own  thy  tender  care, 
And  all  thy  love  to  me  ; 
The  food  I  eat,  the  clothes  I  wear. 
Are  all  bestowed  by  thee. 

•273 


LOVE. 

2  'T  is  thou  preservest  me  from  death 

And  dangers  every  hour  ; 
I  cannot  draw  another  breath, 
Unless  thou  givest  the  power. 

3  My  health,  and  friends,  and  parents  dear, 

To  me  by  God  are  given ; 
I  have  not  any  blessings  here, 
But  what  are  sent  from  heaven. 

4  Such  goodness,  Lord,  and  constant  care, 

A  child  can  ne'er  repay ; 
But  may  it  be  my  daily  prayer 
To  love  thee  and  obey. 

Watts. 


334.  C.  M. 

God  is  Love. 

1  Come,  ye  that  wish  to  know  the  Lord, 

And  lift  your  souls  above ; 
Let  every  heart  and  voice  accord, 
To  sing,  that  God  is  love. 

2  This  precious  truth  his  word  declares, 

And  all  his  mercies  prove  ; 

Jesus,  the  gift  of  gifts,  appears, 

To  show,  that  God  is  love. 

3  Behold  !  his  loving-kindness  waits 

For  those  who  from  him  rove ; 
And  calls  of  mercy  reach  their  hearts, 
To  teach  them,  God  is  love. 

274 


L01  i  • 

4  O,  may  we  all.  while  here  below, 
This  best  of  blessings  prove  : 

Till  warmer  hearts,  in  luiurlit*  r  worlds, 
Shall  shoat,  that  (  rod  is  loi  e. 

(i.  BuKDBR. 


•27o 


FIDELITY. 


335.  C.  31. 

Watchfulness. 

1  I  want  a  principle  within 

Of  jealous,  godly  fear; 
A  sensibility  of  sin, 
A  pain  to  find  it  near. 

2  I  want  the  first  approach  to  feel 

Of  pride,  or  fond  desire  ; 
To  catch  the  wandering  of  my  will, 
And  quench  the  kindling  fire. 

3  Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

O  God !  my  conscience  make  ; 
Awake  my  soul  when  sin  is  nigh, 
And  keep  it  still  awake. 

C.  Wesley. 


336.  S,  M. 

1     I  tvaxt  a  true  regard, 
A  single,  steady  aim, 
Unmoved  by  threatening  or  reward, 
To  thee  and  thy  great  name. 

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l  [DBLITT. 

2  Swift  to  my  rescue  come  ; 
Thine  own  this  moment  seize  j 

<  -   ther  my  wandering  spirit  home. 

A:  1  keep  in  perfect  pea.''. 

3  Long  as  our  trials  last, 
Long  as  the  ere—  we  bear, 

O.  let  our  boqIs  on  thee  be  cast 
In  never-ceasing  prayer  I 


337.  C  M. 

Sincerity. 

1  God  is  a  Spirit  just  and  wise  ; 

He  sees  our  inmost  mind  ; 
In  vain  to  heaven  we  raise  our  cries. 
And  leave  our  soul.-  behind. 

2  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne 

With  honor  can  appear  ; 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known 
Through  the  disguise  the)'  wear. 

3  Their  lifted  eyes  salute  the  skies, 

Their  bending  knees  the  ground  ; 
But  God  abhors  the  sacrifice 
Where  not  the  heart  is  found. 

4  Lord,  search  my  thoughts,  and  try  my  ways, 

And  make  my  soul  sincere; 
Then  shall  I  stand  before  thy  face, 
And  find  acceptance  there. 

Watts. 

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FIDELITY. 


338.  L  M. 

1  Who  shall  ascend  thy  heavenly  place, 
Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy  face  ? 
The  man  who  minds  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks  with  God  below  ; 

2  Whose  hands  are  pure,  whose  heart  is  clean  ; 
Whose  lips  still  speak  the  thing  they  mean  ; 
No  slanders  dwell  upon  his  tongue ; 

He  hates  to  do  his  neighbor  wrong. 

3  He  loves  his  enemies,  and  prays 
For  those  who  curse  him  to  his  face  ; 
And  does  to  all  men  still  the  same 
That  he  would  hope  or  wish  from  them. 

4  Yet  when  his  holiest  works  are  done, 
His  soul  depends  on  grace  alone  : 
This  is  the  man  thy  face  shall  see, 
And  dwell  forever,  Lord,  with  thee. 

Watts. 


339.  L  Iff. 

1  I  send  the  joys  of  earth  away  ; 

Away,  ye  tempters  of  the  mind ! 
False  as  the  smooth,  deceitful  sea, 
And  empty  as  the  whistling  wind. 

2  Your  streams  were  floating  me  along, 

Down  to  the  gulf  of  dark  despair ; 


I  IDELITT. 

Ami  while  I  listened  to  your  s 

Your  streams  had  e'en  conveyed  me  there. 

Lord,  r  adore  thy  matchless  grace, 
Which  warned  me  of  thai  dark  ah 

Which  drew  me  from  those  treacherous  seas, 
Au«l  bade  me  seek  superior  bliss. 

Now  to  the  shining  realms  above, 

I  Btretch  my  hand-  and  glance  my  rye-; 

()  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove, 
To  bear  me  to  the  upper  Bkies  ! 

There,  from  the  bosom  of  my  God, 
Oceans  of  endless  pleasure  roll; 

There  would  I  fix  my  last  abode, 
And  drown  the  Borrows  of  my  soul. 

Watts. 


3 10.  L.  JH. 

The  Gospel  Exemplified  in  the  Conduct. 

1  So  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
The  holy  gospel  we  pro: 

So  let  our  works  and  virtues  shine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

2  Thus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad 
The  honors  of  our  Saviour  God  : 
When  his  salvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  subdues  the  power  of  sin. 

3  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  denied, 
Passion  and  en\}\  lu<t  and  pride  ; 

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FIDELITY. 

While  justice,  temperance,  truth,  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 

While  we  expect  that  blessed  hope,  — 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord,  — 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

Watts. 


341.  .S.M. 

Purity. 

1  O,  know  ye  not  that  ye 
The  temple  are  of  God  ? 

Revere  the  earth-built  shrine,  where  he 
Should  find  a  meet  abode ! 

2  Immortal  man,  keep  pure 
Thyself,  that  mystic  shrine ; 

Let  hate  of  all  that 's  dark  endure, 
And  love  of  all  divine. 

3  Let  saintly  thoughts  be  shown 
In  act  by  saintly  things ; 

Like  glories  through  the  temple  thrown, 
From  cherub's  curtained  wings. 

4  Let  life,  a  holy  stream, 
Its  fountain  holy  show ; 

Reflecting,  with  a  softened  gleam, 
Heaven's  purity  below. 

Johns. 

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I  [DELITY. 

842.  C  ^i 

Effort 

1  ScOBN  not  the  slightest  word  or  deed, 

Nor  deem  it  void  of  power  ; 

There  '>  frail  in  each  wind-wafted  seed, 
That  waits  its  natal  hour. 

2  A  whispered  word  may  touch  the  heart, 

And  call  it  back  to  life  ; 
A  look  of  love  bid  sin  depart, 
And  still  unholy  strife. 

3  No  act  falls  fruitless  ;  none  can  tell 

1 !    .v  vast  its  power  may  be, 
Nor  what  results  infolded  dwell 
Within  it  silently. 

4  Work  on,  despair  not ;  bring  thy  mite, 

Nor  care  how  small  it  be  ; 
God  is  with  all  that  serve  the  right, 
The  holy,  true,  and  free. 

Book  of  Hymns. 

343.  C.  M. 

Influence. 

1   What  if  the  little  rain  should  say, 
So  small  a  drop  as  I 
Can  ne'er  refresh  the  thirsty  fields, — 
I  '11  tarry  in  the  sky  ? 

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FIDELITY. 

2  What  if  a  shining  beam  of  noon 

Should  in  its  fountain  stay, 
Because  its  feeble  light  alone 
Cannot  create  a  day  ? 

3  Does  not  each  rain-drop  help  to  form 

The  cool,  refreshing  shower? 
And  every  ray  of  light,  to  warm 
And  beautify  the  flower  ? 

4  'T  is  thus  the  good  each  child  may  do, 

When  many  do  their  best, 
Will  help  to  bring  within  our  view 
The  glory  of  the  blest. 

Cutter. 


344.  C.  M. 

As  ye  sow,  so  shall  ye  reap. 

1  The  bud  will  soon  become  a  flower, 

The  flower  become  a  seed  ; 
Then  seize,  O  youth,  the  present  hour,  - 
Of  that  thou  hast  most  need. 

2  Do  thy  best  always,  —  do  it  now,  — 

For  in  the  present  time, 
As  in  the  furrows  of  a  plough, 
Fall  seeds  of  good  or  crime. 

3  The  sun  and  rain  will  ripen  fast 

Each  seed  that  thou  hast  sown ; 
And  every  act  and  word  at  last 
By  its  own  fruit  be  known. 


I  [DEL1TY. 

4  And  boob  the  harvest  of  thy  toil 
Rejoicing  thou  shah  reap ; 
( )r  o'er  thy  wild,  neglected  soil 
<  -    Forth  in  Bhame  to  weep. 

JOMBfl  V  i  BY. 

845.  S.M. 

1  A  (it  lrge  to  keep  I  hai 
A  I  rod  to  glorify  ; 

A  never-dj  ing  soul  to  save. 
Ami  lit  it  tor  the  sky. 

2  To  serve  the  present  age, 
My  calling  to  fulfil ; 

0,  may  it  all  my  powers  engage 
To  do  my  Master's  will. 

3  Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 
As  in  thy  sight  to  live  ; 

And  0  thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare 
A  strict  account  to  give. 

4  Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 
And  on  thyself  rely  ; 

Assured  if  I  my  trust  betray, 
I  shall  forever  die. 

C.  Wesley. 


FORGIVENESS. 


346.  I*  M. 

Seeking  Forgiveness. 

1  O  Thou  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry, 
Though  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie, 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot  their  memory  from  thy  book. 

2  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring ; 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 

3  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin : 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  thy  presence  from  my 'heart. 

4  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Cast  out  and  banished  from  thy  sight : 
Thy  holy  joys,  my  God,  restore, 
And  guard  me  that  I  fall  no  more. 

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I  ORGH  i 


5  0,  may  thy  love  inspire  my  tongue, 

Salvation  -hall  be  all  inv  BOI 

And  all  my  powers  -hall  join  to  : 

The  Lord,  my  Btrength  and  righteousness. 

W.vi  i  B. 


317.  CM. 

FtagiveiMM  of  in 

1   When,  for  some  little  insult  given, 
My  angry  passions  rise, 

I'll  think  how  Jesus  came  from  heaven, 
And  bore  his  injuries. 

'2   He  was  insulted  every  day, 

Though  all  his  words  were  kind; 
Bui  nothing  men  could  do  or  say 

Disturbed  his  heavenly  mind. 

3  Not  all  the  wicked  scoffs  he  heard, 

Against  the  truth-  he  taught, 
Excited  one  reviling  word. 
Or  one  revengeful  thought. 

4  And  when  upon  the  cross  he  bled, 

With  all  his  foes  in  view. 
u  Father,  forgive  their  sins,"  he  said  ; 
"  They  know  not  what  they  do.'' 

5  Dear  Jesus,  may  I  learn  of  thee 

My  temper  to  amend  ; 
And  speak  the  pardoning  word  for  me, 
Whenever  I  offend. 

J.  Taylor. 

285 


FORGIVENESS. 

348.  &  31. 

Prayer  for  Pardon. 

1  Before  thy  mercy's  throne, 
Thy  succor,  Lord,  we  seek ; 

For  thou  art  good  and  great  alone  ; 
All  helpless  we,  and  weak. 

2  Like  sheep  that  go  astray, 
Our  wilful  course  we  've  run, 

From  what  thou  wouldst,  have  turned  away, 
And  what  thou  wouldst  not,  done. 

3  Guilt,  like  a  heavy  load, 
Upon  our  conscience  lies ; 

To  thee  we  make  our  sorrows  known, 
And  lift  our  weeping  eyes. 

4  O,  spare  our  sins  confessed, 
The  penitents  restore  ; 

On  them  who  turn  to  thee  for  rest, 
Thy  healthful  Spirit  pour. 

5  Pour,  for  the  Saviour's  sake, 
Thy  blessing's  heavenly  dew 

On  those  who  fain  would  sin  forsake, 
And  thy  pure  ways  pursue. 


.  1  \  I .  \  I 

849.  L  " 

1   Forgive  thy  foes;— nor  thai  alone; 
Their  evil  deeds  with  good  repay; 

Fill  those  with  joy  who  leave  thee  hoik-. 
And  kiss  the  hand  upraised  to  slay. 

_   S    does  the  fragrant  sandal  bow, 
In  meek  forgiveness,  to  its  doom  ; 

And  o'er  the  axe,  at  every  Mow, 
Sheds  in  abundance  rich  perfume. 

Hkrbebt  Knowj  i  >. 


297 


SELF-EXAMINATION. 


350.  I*  M. 

Retirement  and  Meditation. 

1  My  God,  permit  me  not  to  be 
A  stranger  to  myself  and  thee  ; 
Amidst  a  thousand  thoughts  I  rove, 
Forgetful  of  my  highest  love. 

2  Why  should  my  passions  mix  with  earth, 
And  thus  debase  my  heavenly  birth  ? 
Why  should  I  cleave  to  things  below, 
And  let  my  God,  my  Saviour,  go  ? 

3  Call  me  away  from  flesh  and  sense  ; 
One  sovereign  word  can  draw  me  thence  ; 
I  would  obey  the  voice  divine, 

And  all  inferior  joys  resign. 

4  Be  earth,  with  all  her  scenes,  withdrawn  ; 
Let  noise  and  vanity  be  gone  ; 

In  secret  silence  of  the  mind, 

My  heaven,  and  there  my  God,  I  find. 

Watts. 


-i.i.i  -i:\am: 
851.  L.* 

1  Why  droops  my  soul  with  grief  of>pn 
Why  these  wild  tumults  in  my  breast  ? 
I-  there  no  balm  to  heal  my  wound, 

\    kind  physician  to  be  found  ? 

2  Yes,  in  the  go-pel's  faithful  line?, 
Jehovah's  bound!-  -  Bhines  ; 
There,  dressed  in  love,  the  Saviour  stands, 

With  pitying  heart  and  bleeding  hands. 


Raise  to  the  cross  thy  weeping  eyes  ; 

Behold  the  Prince  of  glory  dies  : 
lb*  dies,  extended  on  the  tree  ; 
Thence  sheds  a  sovereign  balm  for  me. 


4  Dear  Saviour,  at  thy  feet  I  lie, 
Here  to  receive  a  cure  or  die  : 
But  grace  forbids  that  painful  fear, 
Infinite  grace,  which  triumphs  here. 

5  Expand,  my  soul,  with  holy  joy, 
Hosannas  be  thy  blest  empl 
Salvation  thy  eternal  theme ; 

And  swell  the  song  with  Jesus'  name. 

25  2S9 


SELF-EXAMINATION. 

352.  C.  P   BE. 

Contentment  and  Resignation. 

1  If  solid  happiness  we  prize, 
Within  our  breasts  the  jewel  lies  ; 

Nor  need  we  roam  abroad  : 
The  world  has  little  to  bestow  ; 
From  well-kept  hearts  our  joys  must  flow, 

Hearts  that  delight  in  God. 

2  Then  let  us,  with  a  grateful  mind, 
Take  what  our  Father,  ever  kind, 

Doth  graciously  bestow  ; 
The  blessings  which  he  sends,  enjoy, 
And  in  his  praise  find  sweet  employ, 

From  whom  our  comforts  flow. 

3  To  be  resigned,  when  ills  betide, 
Patient,  when  favors  are  denied, 

And  pleased  with  favors  given,  — 
This  is  the  wise,  the  virtuous  part ; 
This  is  that  incense  of  the  heart, 

"Whose  fragrance  reaches  heaven. 

Cotton. 

353.  L  31. 

Self-Examination. 

1  Return,  my  roving  heart,  return, 

And  life's  vain  shadows  chase  no  more  ; 
Seek  out  some  solitude  to  mourn. 
And  thy  forsaken  God  implore. 

290 


!  -IX  AM  IN  A  Il( 

2  Wisdom  and  pleasure  dwell  at  borne  ; 
Retired  and  rilenl  seek  them  there : 
True  conquest  is  ourselves  to  overcome  ; 
True  Btrength,  to  break  the  tempter's  snare. 

»  thou  greal  God,  whose  piercing  eye 

Distinctly  mark-  each  <!<•<'[>  retreat, 

In  these  Bequestered  hours  draw  nigh, 

And  let  me  here  thy  presence  meet 

1  Through  all  the  windings  of  my  heart, 
My  search  lei  heavenly  wisdom  guide  ; 

And  still  its  radiant  beams  impart. 
Till  all  be  searched  and  purified. 

o  Then  with  tin1  visits  of  thy  love. 

Vouchsafe  my  inmost  soul  to  cheer; 

Till  every  grace  shall  join  to  prove 

That  God  hath  fixed  his  dwelling  there. 

Doddridge. 


354.  C  P  H. 

Unfading  Beauty. 

1  All  earthly  charms,  however  dear, 
Howe'er  they  please  the  eye  or  ear, 

Will  quickly  fade  and  fly  : 
Of  earthly  glory  faint  the  blaze, 
And  soon  the  transitory  rays 

In  endle.-s  darkness  die. 

2  The  nobler  beauties  of  the  just 
Shall  never  moulder  in  the  dust, 

291 


SELF-EXAMINATION. 

Or  know  a  sad  decay  ; 
Their  honors  time  and  death  defy, 
And  round  the  throne  of  heaven  on  high 

Beam  everlasting  day. 

Rev.  H.  Moore. 


355. 


S.  M. 


1  Thy  name,  Almighty  Lord, 
Shall  sound  through  distant  lands  ; 

Great  is  thy  grace,  and  sure  thy  word ; 
Thy  truth  forever  stands. 

2  Far  be  thine  honor  spread, 
And  long  thy  praise  endure, 

Till  morning  light  and  evening  shade 
Shall  be  exchanged  no  more. 

Watts. 


356.  ?  s.  M. 

God's  Blessing  sought  in  Prayer. 

1  Come,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare, 
To  thy  God  direct  thy  prayer ; 
In  his  word  he  bids  thee  pray, 
Therefore  come  without  delay. 

2  Lord !  I  come  to  thee  for  rest, 
Take  possession  of  my  breast ; 
There  thy  sovereign  right  maintain, 
And  without  a  rival  reign. 

292 


-I  .!.!  -l.\  AM  IN  A  I  K>N. 

8    While  I  am  B  ]>ilLrrim  here, 
1 .1  thy  love  my  spirit  cheer ; 

A-  my  ll 1 1 u K - .  my  guard,  my  friend, 

Lead  me  to  my  journey's  end. 

1    Show  me  what   I  have  to  do. 
Every  hour  my  strength  renew; 
Let  me  live  a  lite  of  faith, 
Let  me  die  thy  people's  death. 

Newton. 


PRAYER. 


357.  L  M. 

Pleasure  of  Communing  with  God. 

1  How  sweet  to  leave  the  world  awhile, 

And  seek  the  presence  of  our  Lord ! 
Dear  Saviour,  on  thy  people  smile, 
And  come  according  to  thy  word. 

2  From  busy  scenes  we  now  retreat, 

That  we  may  here  converse  with  thee ; 
O  Lord,  behold  us  at  thy  feet ! 
Let  this  the  gate  of  heaven  be. 

3  Come,  blest  Redeemer,  now  appear ; 

May  we  by  faith  behold  thy  face  ! 
O  speak,  that  we  thy  voice  may  hear, 
And  let  thy  presence  fill  this  place ! 

Kelly. 

358.  I*  M- 

The  Hour  of  Prayer. 

Blest  hour !  when  mortal  man  retires 
To  hold  communion  with  his  God, 

To  send  to  heaven  his  warm  desires, 
And  listen  to  the  sacred  word. 

294 


PRA1  BR. 

2  Blesl  hour!  when  < » < »« 1  himself  draws  nigh, 

Well  pleased  his  children's  voice  to  hear. 
To  lis!  the  penitential  sigh, 
And  wipe  away  the  mourner's  tear, 

3  Blest  hour!  for  then,  where  lie  resorts, 

Foretastes  of  future  bliss  are  given, 
And  mortal-  find  his  earthly  courts 

The  house  of  God, —  the  gate  of  heaven. 

-1    Bail,  peaceful  hour!  supremely  blest, 
Amid  the  hour-  of  worldly  care  ; 
The  hour  that  yields  the  spirit  rest, 

That  sacred  hour,  —  the  hour  of  prayer. 

5  And  when  my  hours  of  prayer  are  past, 
And  this  frail  tenement  decay-. 
Then  may  I  spend  in  heaven  at  last 
A  never-ending  hour  of  praise. 

Raffles. 


359.  7  «fc  6  s  M. 

Prayer. 

1    Go,  when  the  morning  shineth, 

Go.  when  the  noon  is  briu.li t . 
Go,  when  the  eve  declineth, 

Go,  in  the  hush  of  night ; 
Go,  with  pure  mind  and  feeling, 

Put  earthly  thoughts  away, 
And,  in  God's  presence  kneeling, 

Do  thou  in  secret  pray. 

'205 


PRAYER. 

Remember  all  who  love  thee, 

All  who  are  loved  by  thee ; 
Pray.  too.  for  those  who  hate  thee, 

It"  any  such  there  be  ; 
Then  for  thyself,  in  meekness. 

A  blessing  humbly  claim, 
And  blend  with  each  petition 

Thy  great  Redeemers  name. 

Or.  if  't  is  e'er  denied  thee 

In  solitude  to  pray. 
Should  holy  thoughts  come  o'er  thee 

When  friends  are  round  thy  way, 
E'en  then,  the  silent  breathing 

Thy  spirit  lifts  above 
Will  reach  his  throne  of  glory, 

Where  dwells  eternal  love. 

0,  not  a  joy  or  blessing 

With  this  can  we  compare,  — 
The  grace  our  Father  gives  us 

To  pour  our  souls  in  prayer ! 
Whene'er  thou  pin'st  in  sadness, 

On  him  who  saveth.  call ; 
And  ever  in  thy  gladness. 

Thank  him  who  £ave  thee  all. 


360.  C.  31 

What  is  Prayer. 

1   Prater  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire, 
Uttered  or  unexpressed  : 

•296 


PRJTEB. 

The  motion  of  a  hidden  Bre 
That  trembles  in  the  breast. 

2  Prayer  is  the  burden  of  a  sigh, 
The  falling  of*  a  tear ; 
The  upward  glancing  of  an  i 
When  none  but  God  is  near. 

S  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  ofs]  i 

That  infant  lips  can  try  ; 
Prayer,  the  Sublimes!  -train-  that  reach 
The  Majesty  on  high. 

4  0  Thou,  by  whom  we  come  to  God, 
The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way. 
The  path  of  prayer  thyself  hast  trod; 
Lord,  teach  u.^  how  to  pray  ! 

MOSTGOMEKT. 


361,  C.  M. 

Communing  with  God  in  Retirement. 

1  Far  from  the  world,  0  Lord  !  I  flee,— 

From  strife  and  tumult  far: 
From  scenes  where  Satan  wages  still 
His  most  successful  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  silent  shade, 

With  prayer  and  praise  agree  ; 
And  seem,  by  thy  sweet  bount)r,  made 
For  those  who  follow  thee. 

297 


PRAYER. 

3  There,  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  soul, 

And  grace  her  mean  abode, 
0,  with  what  peace,  and  joy,  and  love, 
She  then  communes  with  God  ! 

4  Author  and  Guardian  of  my  life,  — 

Sweet  Source  of  light  divine,  — 
And  —  all  harmonious  names  in  one  — 
Blest  Saviour  !  —  thou  art  mine. 

5  What  thanks  I  owe  thee,  and  what  love ! 

A  boundless,  endless  store, 
Thy  praise  shall  sound  through  realms  above, 
When  time  shall  be  no  more. 

COWPEE. 


362.  C.  M. 

1  Stveet  is  the  prayer  whose  holy  stream 

In  earnest  pleading  flows  : 
Devotion  dwells  upon  the  theme, 
And  warm  and  warmer  glows. 

2  Faith  grasps  the  blessing  she  desires, 

Hope  points  the  upward  gaze  ; 
And  love,  untrembling  love,  inspires 
The  eloquence  of  praise. 

3,  But  sweeter  far  the  still  small  voice, 
Heard  by  no  human  ear, 
When  God  hath  made  the  heart  rejoice, 
And  dried  the  bitter  tear. 


PRAYER. 


•1   Nor  accents  flow,  nor  word-  ascend  : 
All  utterance  faileth  there  ; 
But  Listening  spirits  comprehend, 
Ami  ( rod  accepts  the  prayei 


Anon. 


363.  S.M. 

1  Come  to  the  morning  prayer, 
Come,  let  as  kneel  and  pray, — 

Prayer  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  staff, 
To  walk  with  God  all  day. 

2  At  noon,  beneath  the  Rock 
Of  Ages,  rest  and  pray  ; 

Sweet  is  that  shelter  from  the  heat, 
When  the  sun  smiles  by  day. 

3  At  evening,  shot  thy  door, 
Round  the  home  altar  pray  ; 

And  finding  there  the  house  of  God, 
At  heaven's  gate  close  the  day. 

4  "When  midnight  veils  our  eyes, 
O,  it  is  sweet  to  say, 

I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh,  Lord, 
With  thee  to  watch  and  pray  ! 


364.  L.  31 

Encouragement  to  Prayer. 

1   Sing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
His  various  and  his  saving  names ; 

299 


PRAYER. 

O,  may  they  not  be  heard  alone, 
But  by  our  sure  experience  known. 

2  Through  every  age  his  gracious  ear 
Is  open  to  his  servants'  prayer  ; 
Nor  can  one  humble  soul  complain, 
That  he  has  sought  his  God  in  vain. 

3  What  unbelieving  heart  shall  dare 
In  whispers  to  suggest  a  fear  ? 
While  still  he  owns  his  ancient  name, 
The  same  his  power,  —  his  love  the  same  ! 

4  To  thee  our  souls  in  faith  arise, 
To  thee  we  lift  expecting  eyes  ; 
We  boldly  through  the  desert  tread, 

For  God  will  guard  where  God  shall  lead. 

Doddridge. 


300 


A.SPIRA1  EONS. 


3G5.  C  » 

Aspiration. 

1  Tin:  dove,  let  loose  in  Ea-tern  skies. 

When  hastening  Fondly  home, 
Ne'er  stoops  t<>  earth  her  wing,  nor  fliea 
Where  idle  warblers  roam ; 

2  But  high  Bhe  shoots  through  air  and  li^rht, 

Above  all  low  delay, 

Where  nothing  earthly  bounds  her  flight, 
Nor  shadow  dims  her  way. 

3  So  grant  me,  Lord,  from  every  snare 

And  stain  of  passion  free, 
Aloft,  through  virtue's  purer  air, 
To  urge  my  course  to  thee  : 

4  No  sin  to  cloud,  no  lure  to  stay 

My  soul,  as  home  she  springs; 
Thy  sunshine  on  her  joyful  way, 
Thy  freedom  in  her  wings ! 

T.  Moore. 

26  301 


ASPIRATIONS. 

366.  7  &  6  s.  31. 

Looking  Heavenward. 

1  From  every  earthly  pleasure, 

From  every  transient  joy, 
From  every  mortal  treasure 

That  soon  will  fade  and  die  ;  — 
No  longer  these  desiring, 

Upward  our  wishes  tend, 
To  nobler  bliss  aspiring, 

And  joys  that  never  end. 

2  From  every  piercing  sorrow 

That  heaves  our  breast  to-day, 
Or  threatens  us  to-morrow, 

Hope  turns  our  eyes  away ; 
On  wings  of  faith  ascending, 

We  see  the  land  of  light, 
And  feel  our  sorrows  ending 

In  infinite  delight. 

3  'T  is  true  we  are  but  strangers 

And  pilgrims  here  below, 
And  countless  snares  and  dangers 

Surround  the  path  we  go  : 
Though  painful  and  distressing, 

Yet  there  's  a  rest  above  ; 
And  onward  still  we  're  pressing 

To  reach  that  land  of  love. 

Ch.  Psalmist. 

302 


LSPIBA  l  K 

:$<>-.  cm. 

Tin'  True  Christian'!  Desire. 

1  (),  could  I  find,  from  day  to  day, 

A  nearness  to  my  <  rod  ! 
Then  should  my  hours  glide  sweet  away, 
While  leaning  on  his  word. 

2  Lord.  I  desire  with  thee  to  live 

Anew  from  day  to  day, 
In  joys  the  world  can  never  give, 
Nor  ever  take  a wav. 

3  Blest  Jesus,  come,  and  rule  my  heart, 

And  make  me  wholly  thine, 
That  I  may  never  more  depart, 

Nor  grieve  thy  love  divine. 

4  Thus,  till  my  last  expiring  breath, 

Thy  goodness  I  '11  adore  ; 
And  when  my  frame  dissolves  in  death, 
My  soul  shall  love  thee  more. 

Ch.  Psalmody. 

368.  T&6s.  31. 

'Aspirations  for  Heaven. 

1   Rise,  my  soul  !  and  stretch  thy  wings, 
Thy  better  portion  trace  ; 
Rise  from  transitory  things 

Toward  heaven,  thy  native  place ! 

303 


ASPIRATIONS. 

Sun  and  moon  and  stars  decay, 

Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove ; 

Rise,  my  soul !  and  haste  away 
To  seats  prepared  above. 

Rivers  to  the  ocean  run, 

Nor  stay  in  all  their  course ; 
Fire,  ascending,  seeks  the  sun,  — 

Both  speed  them  to  their  source ; 
So  a  soul  that 's  born  of  God 

Pants  to  view  his  glorious  face, 
Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 

To  rest  in  his  embrace. 

Cease,  ye  pilgrims  !  cease  to  mourn, 

Press  onward  to  the  prize  ; 
Soon  the  Saviour  will  return, 

Triumphant  in  the  skies  : 
Yet  a  season,  —  and,  you  know, 

Happy  entrance  will  be  given ; 
All  our  sorrows  left  below, 

And  earth  exchanged  for  heaven. 

Cexxick. 


369.  C.  M. 

The  Heavenly  Jerusalem. 

1  Jerusalem  !  my  glorious  home  ! 
Name  ever  dear  to  me  ! 
When  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 
In  joy  and  peace,  in  thee  ? 

304 


k&PVRA  I  U  »n  9. 

2  1 1  when,  thou  city  of  my  ( Sod, 
Shall  [  thy  courts  ascend, 
Where  congregations  ne'er  break  op, 
And  Sabbaths  have  no  end  ? 

8  There  happier  bowers  than  Eden's  bloom, 
No  sin  Qor  sorrow  know : 
Blest  Beats  !  through  rude  and  stormy  scenes, 
I  onward  press  to  you. 

1   Why  should  I  shrink  at  pain  and  woe? 
( )r  feel  at  death  dismay  ? 
I  Ve  Canaan's  goodly  land  in  view, 
And  realms  of  endless  day. 

5  Jerusalem  !  my  glorious  home  ! 

My  soul  -till  pant-  for  thee; 
Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  end. 

When  I  thy  joys  shall  - 

Cii.  Psalmody. 


370.  C.  M. 

Breathing  after  Holiness. 

1  O  that  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 

To  keep  his  statutes  still ; 
O  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will. 

2  O,  send  thy  Spirit  down  to  write 

Thy  law  upon  my  heart  ; 
Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit, 
Nor  act  the  liar's  part. 

•26  *  305 


ASPIRATIONS. 

3  From  vanity  turn  off  mine  eyes  ; 

Let  no  corrupt  design 
Nor  covetous  desires  arise 
Within  this  soul  of  mine. 

4  Order  my  footsteps  by  thy  word, 

And  make  my  heart  sincere ; 
Let  sin  have  no  dominion,  Lord ! 
But  keep  my  conscience  clear. 

5  Make  me  to  walk  in  thy  commands,  — 

'T  is  a  delightful  road  ; 
Nor  let  my  head,  or  heart,  or  hands, 
Offend  against  my  God. 

Watts. 


371.  **  M. 

The  Influence  of  the  Spirit  invoked. 

1  Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  light  and  comfort  from  above ; 
Be  thou  our  Guardian,  thou  our  Guide ; 
O'er  every  thought  and  step  preside. 

2  To  us  the  light  of  truth  display, 

And  make  us  know  and  choose  thy  way  ; 
Plant  holy  fear  in  every  heart, 
That  we  from  God  may  ne'er  depart. 

3  Lead,  us  to  holiness,  —  the  road 
Which  we  must  takg  to  dwell  with  God ; 
Lead  us  to  Christ,  —  the  living  way  ; 
Nor  let  us  from  his  pastures  stray ;  — 

306 


L8PIB  \  i  [0N8. 

I    Lead  us  to  God, —  our  final  rest, — 
To  be  with  him  forei  er  blesl ; 
I.    ,1  us  to  heaven,  its  bliss  to  share, — 
Fulness  of  joy  forever  there. 

Bbqctvk. 


Choice  of  the  Better  Part. 

1  Beset  with  snares  on  every  hand, 

In  life's  uncertain  path  I  stand  : 
Saviour  divine,  diffuse  thy  light, 
To  guide  my  doubtful  footsteps  right. 

2  Engage  this  roving,  treacherous  heart 
To  fix  on  Mary's  better  part, 

To  scorn* the  trifles  of  a  day. 

For  joys  that  none  can  take  away. 

3  Then  let  the  wildest  storms  arise. 
Let  tempests  mingle  earth  and  skies, 
Xo  fatal  shipwreck  shall  I  fear, 
But  all  my  treasures  with  me  bear. 

Doddridge. 


373.  C  31 

The  Joys  of  Heaven. 

1   Come.  Lord  !  and  warm  each  languid  heart, 
Inspire  each  lifeless  tongue, 
And  let  the  joys  of  heaven  impart 
Their  influence  to  our  song. 

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ASPIRATIONS. 

2  Then  to  the  shining  realms  of  bliss 

On  wings  of  faith  we  '11  soar, 
And  all  the  charms  of  paradise 
Our  raptured  thoughts  explore. 

3  Sorrow  and  pain,  and  fears  and  care, 

And  discord  there  shall  cease, 
And  perfect  joy  and  love  sincere 
Adorn  the  realms  of  peace. 

4  There  shall  the  followers  of  the  Lamb 

Join  in  immortal  songs  ; 
And  endless  honors  to  his  name 
Employ  their  tuneful  tongues. 

5  Lord!  tune  our  hearts  to  praise  and  love,  - 

Our  feeble  notes  inspire  ; 
Till  in  thy  blissful  courts  above, 
We  join  the  heavenly  choir. 

Steele. 


374.  S-  ML 

Influences  of  the  Spirit  invoked. 

1  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come  ! 
Let  thy  bright  beams  arise  : 

Dispel  the  sorrow  from  our  minds, 
The  darkness  from  our  eyes. 

2  Convince  us  of  our  sin, 
Then  lead  to  Jesus'  blood  ; 

And  to  our  wondering  view  reveal 
The  mercies  of  our  God. 

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LSPIB  \  I  i'  >NS. 

8     Revive  our  drooping  Faith, 

( )ur  doilbtfl  and  tear-  renm\  G  ; 

And  kindle  in  our  breasts  the  flame 
( )f  never-dying  1«»\  e. 

4  'T  is  thine  to  fcleanse  the  heart. 
To  sanctify  the  soul, 

To  pour  fre-h  life  in  every  part. 

And  new-create  the  whole. 

5  1  )well.  Spirit,  in  our  hearts  ; 
Our  mind-  from  bondage  tree; 

Then  shall  we  know,  ami  praise,  and  love, 
The  Father,  Son.  and  Thee. 

Hakt. 


375.  L  ?l 

1  Man  has  a  soul  of  vast  desires  ; 
He  burns  within  with  restless  iires  ; 
Tossed  to  and  fro,  his  passions  liy 
From  vanity  to  vanity. 

2  In  vain  on  earth  we  hope  to  find 
Some  solid  good  to  fill  the  mind ; 
We  try  new  pleasures,  hut  we  feel 
The  inward  thirst  and  torment  still. 

3  So,  when  a  raging  fever  burns, 

We  shift  from  side  to  side,  by  turns  ; 

And  't  is  a  poor  relief  we  gain, 

To  change  the  place,  but  keep  the  pain. 

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ASPIRATIONS. 

Great  God,  subdue  this  vicious  thirst, 
This  love  to  vanity  and  dust ; 
Cure  the  vile  fever  of  the  mind, 
And  feed  our  souls  with  joys  refined. 

Watts. 


376.  L  31. 

0 

Communion  with  Christ  in  Worship. 

1  Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone  ! 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone : 

Fain  would  mine  eyes  my  Saviour  see ; 
I  wait  a  visit,  Lord,  from  thee. 

2  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  desire  : 
Come,  my  dear  Jesus  !  from  above, 
And  feed  my  soul  with  heavenly  love. 

3  Blest  Saviour  !  what  delicious  fare, 
How  sweet  thine  entertainments  are  ! 
Never  did  angels  taste,  above, 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

4  Hail,  great  Immanuel,  all-divine  ! 
In  thee  thy  Father's  glories  shine  : 
Thou  brightest,  sweetest,  fairest  One 
That  eyes  have  seen,  or  angels  known ! 

Watts. 
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LSPnU  I  [ONS. 

377.  8.  » 

king  God. 

1     Mt  ( rod,  permit  my  tongue 
This  joy,  to  call  thee  mine  : 
And  lei  my  early  eric-  prevail, 
T<>  taste  thy  love  divine. 

For  life,  without  thy  love, 
No  relish  can  afford : 

No  joy  can  be  compared  with  tin-. 

To  Berve  and  please  the  Lord. 

3  In  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
I  call  my  God  to  mind  : 

I  think  how  wise  thy  counsels  are. 
And  all  thy  dealings  kind. 

4  Since  thou  hast  been  my  help, 
To  thee  my  spirit  flies ; 

And  on  thy  watchful  providence 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

5  The  shadow  of  thy  wings 
My  soul  in  safety  keei 

I  '11  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 
For  he  '11  support  my  steps. 

Watts. 

378.  8. 31 

Purity. 

1  0,  know  ye  not  that  ye 
The  temple  are  of  God  ? 

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ASPIRATION-. 

Revere  the  earth-built  shrine,  where  he 
Should  find  a  meet  abode  ! 

2  Immortal  man.  keep  pure 

Thyself,  that  mystic  shrine  ; 
Let  hate  of  all  that 's  dark  endure. 
And  love  of  all  divine. 

3  Let  saintly  thoughts  be  shown 

In  act  by  saintly  things ; 
Like  glories  through  the  temple  thrown, 
From  cherub's  curtained  wings. 

4  Let  life,  a  holy  stream, 

Its  fountain  holy  show  ; 
Reflecting,  with  a  softened  gleam, 
Heaven's  purity  below. 

Johxs. 


379.  L  31. 

Gratitude  for  the  Saviour. 

1  Now  let  my  soul,  eternal  King  ! 
To  thee  its  grateful  tribute  bring  : 
My  knee  with  humble  homage  bow  ; 
^ly  tongue  perform  its  solemn  vow. 

2  All  nature  sings  thy  boundless  love, 
In  words  below,  and  worlds  above  : 
But  in  thy  blessed  word  I  trace 
Diviner  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

3  There  what  delightful  truths  I  read, 
There  I  behold  the  Saviour  bleed : 

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.s-rii;  A  i 

Hia  name  Balutes  my  listening  ear, 
K< -vises  my  heart,  and  checks  my  fear. 

4  There  Jesus  bids  my  sorrows  cease, 
And  gives  my  laboring  conscience  pe 
Raises  my  grateful  passions  higb, 
And  points  to  man-inn-  in  the  Bky. 

5  For  lose  like  this,  ()  lei  my  song, 
Through  endless  years  thy  praise  prolong; 
Le(  distant  clime-  thy  name  adore, 

Till  time  and  nature  are  no  more. 

ELegixbotham. 


3SO.  I-  ML 

Glory  and  Grace  in  Christ. 

1  NOW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  Bong  ! 
Awake,  my  sonl  !  awake,  my  tongue ! 
Hosanna  to  the  eternal  name, 

And  all  his  boundless  love  proclaim. 

2  See  where  it  shines  in  Jesus'  face, — 
The  brightest  image  of  his  urace  ! 
God,  in  the  person  of  his  Son. 

Has  all  his  mightiest  works  outdone. 

3  Grace  !  —  't  is  a  sweet,  a  charming  theme  ; 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jesus'  nam.'  : 

Ye  angel- !  dwell  upon  the  Bound  ; 

Ye  heavens  !  reflect  it  to  the  ground. 

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I 


ASPIRATIONS. 

O,  may  I  reach  that  happy  place 
Where  he  unveils  his  lovely  face  ; 
Where  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  sing  his  name  to  harps  of  gold. 

Watts. 


381.  C.  M. 

Prayer  for  Wisdom. 

1  Father  of  light !  conduct  our  feet 

Through  life's  dark,  dangerous  road  ; 
Let  each  advancing  step  still  bring 
Us  nearer  to  our  God. 

2  Let  heaven-eyed  prudence  be  our  guide ; 

And  when  we  go  astray, 
Recall  our  feet  from  folly's  paths 
To  wisdom's  better  way. 

3  That  heavenly  wisdom  from  above 

Abundantly  impart ; 
And  let  it  guard,  and  guide,  and  warm, 
And  penetrate  each  heart ; 

4  Till  it  shall  lead  us  to  thyself, 

Fountain  of  bliss  and  love  ! 
And  all  our  darkness  be  dispersed 
In  endless  light  above. 

Smart. 

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A.SPIH  \  I  [ONS« 

888.  <    >1[ 

The  Joj  I  of  Iknvpn. 

1  KTob  eye  hath  Been,  nor  car  hath  heard, 

Nor  sense  nor  reason  known 
What  joys  the  Father  has  prepared 
For  those  thai  love  his  Son. 

2  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

lv<  \  eals  a  heaven  to  come ; 
The  beams  of  gloiy  in  his  word 

Allure  and  guide  as  home. 

o  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  Bky 
And  all  the  region  peace  ;  — 
No  wanton  lips,  nor  envious 
Can  see  or  taste  the  bli 

4  Those  holy  gates  forever  bar 
Pollution,  sin,  and  shame  ; 
None  shall  obtain  admittance  there 
But  followers  of  the  Lamb. 

Watts. 


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LORD'S    DAY. 


383.  C.  M. 

Lord's  Day  Morning. 

1  Again  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 

Awakes  the  kindling  ray  ; 

Unseals  the  eyelids  of  the  morn, 

And  pours  increasing  day. 

2  0,  what  a  night  was  that  which  wrapt 

The  heathen  world  in  gloom  ! 
O,  what  a  sun  which  broke,  this  day, 
Triumphant  from  the  tomb  ! 

3  This  day  be  grateful  homage  paid, 

And  loud  hosannas  sung  ; 
Let  gladness  dwell  in  every  heart, 
And  praise  on  every  tongue. 

4  Ten  thousand  differing  lips  shall  join 

To  hail  this  welcome  morn  ; 
Which  scatters  blessings  from  its  wings 
To  nations  yet  unborn. 

Barbauld. 


LORD  -     DAY. 


list.  UK 


1  We  bless  thee  for  this  Bacred  day. 

Thou  who  bast  every  blessing  giveq. 
Which  Bends  the  dreams  of  earth  away, 
And  yields  a  glimpse  of  opening  heaven. 

2  Rich  day  of  holy,  thoughtful  rest  I 

May  we  improve  thy  calm  repose, 
And.  in  God's  service  truly  blest, 

Forge!  the  world,  it-  joys,  its  woes. 

3  Lord !  may  thy  truth  upon  the  heart 

Now  fall  and  dwell  as  heavenly  dew, 
And  flowers  of  grace  in  freshness  -tart 
Where  once  the  weed-  of  error  grew. 

4  May  prayer  now  lift  her  sacred  wings, 

Contented  with  that  aim  alone 
Which  bears  her  to  the  King  of  kings, 
And  rests  her  at  his  sheltering  throne. 

New  York  Coll. 


385.  C.  M 

The  Lord's  Day. 

1   When  the  worn  spirit  wants  repose, 
And  sighs  her  God  to  <eek  ; 
How  sweet  to  hail  the  evening's  elose, 
That  ends  the  weary  week ! 

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lord's  day. 

2  How  sweet  to  hail  the  early  dawn, 

That  opens  on  my  sight ; 
When  first  the  soul-reviving  morn 
Beams  its  new  rays  of  light ! 

3  Sweet  day,  thine  hours  too  soon  will  cease, 

Yet  while  they  gently  roll, 
Breathe,  heavenly  Spirit,  source  of  peace, 
A  Sabbath  o'er  my  soul. 

4  When  will  my  pilgrimage  be  done, 

The  world's  long  week  be  o'er ; 
That  Sabbath  dawn  which  needs  no  sun, 
That  day  which  fades  no  more  ? 

Edln\  Coll. 


386.  H.  M. 

1  Welcome,  delightful  morn, 

Thou  day  of  sacred  rest ; 
I  hail  thy  kind  return  ;  — 

Lord,  make  these  moments  blest: 
From  the  low  train  of  mortal  toys, 
I  soar  to  reach  immortal  joys. 

2  Now  may  the  King  descend 

And  fill  his  throne  with  grace  ; 
Thy  sceptre,  Lord,  extend, 
While  saints  address  thy  face : 
Let  sinners  feel  thy  quickening  word, 
And  learn  to  know  and  fear  the  Lord. 

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LORD  -    DAT. 

)     I  teecend,  celestial  1  tare, 

With  all  thy  quickening  powers  ; 
Disclose  a  Saviour's  1<»\ e, 
And  bless  the  sacred  hour-  ■ 
Then  >hall  my  bou!  new  life  obtain, 
Nor  Sabbaths  be  enjoyed  in  vain. 

IIavwakd. 


3S7.  CM. 

1  How  Bweetj  how  calm,  this  Sabbath  morn! 

How  pure  the  air  that  breathes, 

And  soft  the  sounds  upon  it  borne, 
And  light  its  vapors  wreath 

2  It  seems  as  if  the  Christian's  prayer, 

For  peace,  and  joy,  and  love, 
Were  answered  by  the  very  air 
That  wafts  its  strain  above. 

3  Let  each  unholy  passion  cease, 

Each  evil  thought  be  crushed, 
Each  anxious  care  that  mars  thy  peace 
In  Faith  and  Love  be  hushed. 


388.  C  M. 

1   Blest  day  of  God !  most  calm,  most  bright, 
The  first  and  best  of  days  ; 
The  laborer's  rest,  the  saint's  delight, 
The  day  of  prayer  and  praise. 

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LORDS    DAY. 

2  My  Saviour's  face  made  thee  to  shine  ; 

His  rising  thee  did  raise ; 
And  made  thee  heavenly  and  divine 
Beyond  all  other  days. 

3  The  first-fruits  oft  a  blessing  prove 

To  all  the  sheaves  behind  ; 
And  they  who  do  the  Sabbath  love, 
A  happy  week  will  find. 

4  This  day  I  must  to  God  appear ; 

For,  Lord,  the  day  is  thine ; 
Help  me  to  spend  it  in  thy  fear, 
And  thus  to  make  it  mine. 

Codman's  Coll. 

389.  L  31. 

1  O  sacred  day  of  peace  and  joy, 

Thy  hours  are  ever  dear  to  me  ; 
Ne'er  may  a  sinful  thought  destroy 
The  holy  calm  I  find  in  thee. 

2  Dear  are  thy  peaceful  hours  to  me, 

For  God  has  given  them  in  his  love, 
To  tell  how  calm,  how  blest  shall  be 
The  endless  day  of  heaven  above. 

390.  I-  M. 

1  Dear  is  the  hallowed  morn  to  me, 

THien  Sabbath  bells  awake  the  day, 
And,  by  their  sacred  minstrelsy, 
Call  me  from  earthly  cares  away. 

3-20 


LORD  B    DAT. 

2  And  dear  to  me  the  winged  hoar 

Speol  in  thy  hallowed  com-:-.  I  >  Lord  ! 
To  feel  devotion's  soothing  power 
And  catch  the  manna  of  thy  word. 

8  And  dear  to  me  the  loud  Amen 

Which  echoes  through  the  blest  abode, 
Which  Bwells,  and  sinks,  and  swells  again, 
Dies  on  the  walls,  but  lives  to  God. 

4  Oft  when  the  world,  with  iron  hands, 

Sas  hound  me  in  its  six  days'  chain. 
This  bursts  them,  like  the  strong  man's  bands, 

And  lets  my  spirit  loose  again. 

5  Go,  man  of  pleasure,  strike  thy  lyre, 

Of  broken  Sabbath-  sing  the  charms; 
Ours  be  the  prophet'-  car  of  fire 

That  bears  us  to  a  Father's  arms. 

Cunningham. 


391.  C.  31 

1  Sleep,  sleep  to-day,  tormenting  cares 

Of  earth  and  folly  born  ; 
Ye  shall  not  dim  the  light  that  streams 
From  this  celestial  morn. 

2  To-morrow  will  be  time  enough 

To  feel  your  harsh  control  ; 
Ye  shall  not  violate  this  day. 
The  Sabbath  of  the  soul. 


LORD'S    DAY. 


Sleep,  sleep  forever,  guilty  thoughts  ; 

Let  fires  of  vengeance  die  ; 
And,  purged  from  sin,  may  I  behold 

A  God  of  purity  ! 

Barbauld . 


392.  S.  M. 

The  Lord's  Day  welcomed. 

1  Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
That  saw  the  Lord  arise, 

Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes. 

2  The  king  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day ; 

Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 
And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

3  One  day,  amid  the  place 
Where  God,  my  God,  hath  been, 

Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days, 
Within  the  tents  of  sin. 


393.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Lord's  Day  Morning. 

1  Welcome,  welcome,  quiet  morning! 
Welcome  is  this  holy  day ; 
Now  the  sacred  morn,  returning, 
Says  a  week  has  passed  away. 

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LORD  8    DAY. 

L<  t  me  think  how  time  is  passin 
Soon  the  longest  life  departs  ; 

Nothing  human  is  abiding, 

Save  the  love  of  humble  hearts. 

2  Love  to  ( rod,  and  to  our  neighbor, 

Make-  our  purest  happiness  ; 

Vain  the  wish,  the  rare  the  labor. 

Earth's  poor  trifles  to  possess. 
Swift  my  fife's  vain  dreams  are  passing; 

Like  the  startled  dove  they  fly, 
Or  the  clouds  each  other  chasing 

Over  yonder  quiet  sky. 

3  Father,  now  one  prayer  I  raise  thee  : 

( rive  an  humble,  grateful  heart  ; 
Never  let  me  cease  to  praise  thee, 

Never  from  thy  fear  depart. 
Then,  when  year-  have  gathered  o'er  mc, 

And  the  world  is  sunk  in  Bhade, 
Heaven's  bright  realm  will  rise  before  me ; 

There  my  treasure  will  be  laid. 


394.  L  M 

The  Sabbath. 

1  Another  six  days'  work  is  done  ; 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun  ; 
Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest ; 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  hath  blessed. 

2  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense  to  the  skies  ; 

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LOUD  S    DAY. 

And  draw  from  heaven  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows  ! 

3  This  heavenly  calm  within  the  breast. 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest. 
Which  for  the  Church  of  God  remains  ; 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

4  In  holy  duties  let  the  day. 

In  holy  pleasures,  pass  away: 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend. 

In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end  ! 

Stkhhett. 

395.  7  &  6  s  M. 

A  Bright  Sabbath  Morning. 

1  The  rosv  light  is  dawning 

Upon  the  mountain's  brow ; 
It  is  the  Sabbath  morning, 

Arise  and  pay  thy  vow. 
Lift  up  thy  voice  to  heaven 

In  sacred  praise  and  prayer. 
While  unto  thee  is  given 

The  light  of  life  to  share. 

2  The  landscape,  lately  shrouded 

By  evening's  paler  ray. 
Smiles  beauteous  and  unclouded. 

Before  the  eye  of  day  : 
So  let  our  souls,  benighted 

Too  long  in  folly's  shade. 
By  thy  kind  smiles  be  lighted 

To  joys  that  never  fade. 

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LORDS    DAT. 

8  0,  se<   those  waters  streaming 

In  crystal  purity  ; 
While  earth  with  verdure  teeming, 

( rives  rapture  to  the  eye, 
Lti  ri\  era  of  salvation, 

In  larger  currents  flow, 
Till  every  tribe  and  nation 

Their  healing  virtues  know. 


396.  1  s-  K- 

1  Softly  fades  the  twilight  ray 
Of  the  holy  Sabbath  day; 

tly  as  life's  setting  sun. 
When  the  Christian's  course  is  run. 

2  Night  her  solemn  mantle  spreads 
O'er  the  earth  as  daylight  fa 

All  things  tell  of  calm  rep< 
At  the  holy  Sabbath's  close. 

3  Peace  is  on  the  world  abroad  ; 
T  is  the  holy  peace  of  God.  — 
Symbol  of  the  peace  within. 
"When  the  spirit  rests  from  sin. 

4  Still  the  Spirit  lingers  near, 
Where  the  evening  worshipper 

Seeks  communion  with  the  skies. 
Pressing  onward  to  the  prize. 

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LORD  S    DAY. 


5  Saviour,  may  our  Sabbaths  be 
Days  of  peace  and  joy  in  thee, 
Till  in  heaven  our  souls  repose, 
Where  the  Sabbath  ne'er  shall  close. 


S.  F.  Smith. 


397.  L  M. 

Sabbath  Evening. 

1  There  is  a  time  when  moments  flow 

More  happily  than  all  beside ; 
It  is,  of  all  the  times  below, 
A  Sabbath  at  the  eventide. 

2  O,  then  the  setting  sun  shines  fair, 

And  all  below  and  all  above 
The  various  forms  of  Nature  wear,  — 
One  universal  garb  of  love. 

3  And  then  the  peace  that  Jesus  brought, 

The  life  of  grace  eternal  beams, 
And  we,  by  his  example  taught, 
Improve  the  life  his  love  redeems. 

4  Delightful  scene  !  a  world  at  rest ; 

A  God  all  love  ;  no  grief,  no  fear ; 
A  heavenly  hope,  a  peaceful  breast, 
A  smile,  unsullied  by  a  tear. 

Anon. 


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hi:a\  en. 


398.  L-  *. 

Heaven. 

1  There  i-  a  region,  lovelier  far 

Than  sages  tell  or  poets  sing  ; 

.liter  than  summer's  beauties  are, 
And  softer  than  the  tints  of  spring. 

2  It  is  not  found  hv  summer's  gale, 

'T  is  not  refreshed  by  vernal  showers, 
It  never  needs  the  moonbeam  pale,  — 
For  there  are  known  no  evening  hours. 

3  No  ;  for  this  world  is  ever  bright 

With  a  pure  radiance  all  its  own: 
The  streams  of  uncreated  light 

Flow  round  it  from  the  eternal  throne. 

4  It  is  all  holy  and  serene, 

The  land  of  glory  and  repose  ; 
Xo  cloud  obscures  the  radiant  scene,  — 
There  not  a  tear  of  sorrow  flows. 

3*7 


HEAVEN. 

5  In  vain  the  philosophic  eve 

May  seek  to  view  the  fair  abode, 
Or  tii id  it  io  the  curtained  sky: 

It  is the  DWELLING-PLACE  OF  GOD. 

Christian  Harp. 

399.  C.  M. 

Heaven. 

1  Hatck  !  from  that  glorious  world,  what  songs 

Those  heavenly  voices  raise  ; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  infant  tongues 
Unite  in  perfect  praise. 

2  Those  are  the  hymns  that  we  shall  know, 

If  Jesus  we  obey  : 
That  is  the  place  where  we  shall  go, 
If  found  in  wisdom's  way. 

3  This  is  the  joy  we  ought  to  seek, 

And  make  our  chief  concern  : 
For  this  we  come  from  week  to  week 
To  read,  and  hear,  and  learn. 

4  Our  earthly  race  will  soon  be  run, 

Our  mortal  frame  decay  ; 
Scholars  and  teachers,  one  by  one, 
Must  droop  and  pass  away. 

5  Great  God  !  impress  the  serious  thought 

Each  day  on  every  breast  : 
That  both  the  teachers  and  the  taught 
May  enter  to  thy  rest. 

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lll.A  V  I    \. 

100.  ■ 

II»;i\  t-ji. 

1  11k.  h  in  yonder  realms  of  light, 

Dw ell  the  raptured  saints  ab 
Far  beyond  our  feeble  sight, 
Happy  in  Emmanuel's  1- 

Pilgrim-   in  thifi  vale  of  tcai'-. 

Once  they  knew,  like  us  btdow, 
Gloomy  doubts,  distressing  fears, 

Torturing  pain  and  heavy  woe. 

2  Bat  these  days  of  sorrow  o'er, 

Pasl  this  scene  of  toil  and  pain, 
They  shall  feel  distress  no  more, 
r,  —  never  weep  again  ! 

Happv  spirits  !  ye  are  lied 

Where  no  grief  can  entrance  find  ; 

Lulled  to  rest  the  aching  head, 
Soothed  the  anguish  of  the  mind. 

3  All  is  tranquil  and  serene. 

Calm  and  undisturbed  repose, — 
There  no  cloud  can  intervene, — 

There  no  angry  tempest  blows  : 
Every  tear  is  wiped  away. 

Sighs  no  more  -hall  heave  the  breast ; 
Night  is  lost  in  endless  day. 
Sorrow,  in  eternal  rest. 

Raffles. 
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HEAVEN. 

401.  7  s.  M. 

The  Joys  of  Heaven  alone  Perfect. 

1  Providence,  profusely  kind, 

Wheresoe'er  we  turn  our  eyes, 
Bids  us,  with  a  grateful  mind, 
View  a  thousand  blessings  rise. 

2  But,  perhaps,  some  friendly  voice 

Softly  whispers  to  our  mind, 
Make  not  these  alone  your  choice, 
Heaven  has  blessings  more  refined. 

3  Thankful  own  what  you  enjoy  ; 

But  a  changing  world  like  this, 
Where  a  thousand  fears  annoy, 
Cannot  give  you  perfect  bliss. 

4  Perfect  bliss  resides  above, 

Far  above  yon  azure  sky ; 

Bliss  that  merits  all  your  love, 

Merits  every  anxious  sigh. 

402.  C.  M. 

Heaven  anticipated. 

1  There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest, 

To  mourning  wanderers  given  : 

There  is  a  joy  for  souls  distressed, 

A  balm  for  every  wounded  breast, 

'T  is  found  above,  —  in  heaven. 

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EI  vvi  \. 

8  There  is  a  home  for  weary  souls, 

By  BUI  and  BOITOW  driven  : 

When  tossed  on  life's  tempestuous  Bhoals, 
Where  storms  arise  and  ocean  rolls, 

And  all  is  drear  but  heaven. 

3  There,  Faith  lifts  up  her  cheerful  eye, 
To  brighter  prospects  given  ; 
And  view-  the  tempest  passing  by, 
The  evening  shadows  quickly  fly, 
And  all  serene  in  heaven. 

1  There,  fragrant  flowers  immortal  bloom. 
And  joy-  supreme  are  given  ; 
There,  ray-  divine  disperse  the  gloom  ;  — 
1><  yond  the  confines  of  the  tomb. 
Appears  the  dawn  of  heaven. 

Tappajt. 


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CONSCIENCE. 


403.  T  s.  M. 

Conscience. 

1  When  a  foolish  thought  within 

Tries  to  take  us  in  a  snare, 

Conscience  tells  us,  "  It  is  sin," 

And  entreats  us  to  beware. 

2  In  the  morning,  when  we  rise, 

And  would  fain  omit  to  pray, 
u  Child,  consider,"  conscience  cries, 
"  Should  not  God  be  sought  to-day  ?  " 

3  If  in  something  we  transgress, 

And  are  tempted  to  deny, 
Conscience  says,  "  Your  fault  confess, 
Do  not  dare  to  tell  a  lie." 

4  When  our  angry  passions  rise, 

Tempting  to  revenge  an  ill ; 
4i  Now  subdue  it,"  conscience  cries, 
"  And  command  your  temper  still." 

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I  0N8<  ii  \<  I'- 

5  Thus,  without  our  will  or  choice, 

This  good  monitor  within, 
With  a  Betiret,  warning  voice, 
Warns  as  to  beware  of  sin. 

6  Bui  it'  we  should  disregard, 

While  this  friendly  voice  would  call ; 
Conscience  soon  would  grow  bo  hard 
That  it  would  not  speak  at  all. 

Axon. 


404.  I*  M- 

A  Happy  Life. 

1  How  happy  i-  he  born  and  taught, 

Who  serveth  not  another's  will: 
Whose  armor  i-  his  honest  thought, 

And  simple  truth  his  utmost  .-kill! 

2  Whose  passions  not  his  masters  are, 

Whose  soul  is  still  prepared  lor  death, 
Untied  to  this  vain  world  by  eare 
Of  public  fame  or  private  breath  ; 

3  Who  hath  his  life  from  rumors  freed, 

Whose  conscience  is  his  strong  retreat, 
Whose  state  can  neither  flatterers  feed, 
Nor  ruin  make  oppressors  great  ; 

4  TTho  God  doth  late  and  early  pray 

More  of  his  grace  than  gifts  to  lend; 
To  crave  for  less,  and  more  obey, 

Nor  dare  with  Heaven's  high  will  contend. 

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CONSCIENCE. 

This  man  is  freed  from  servile  bands 
Of  hope  to  rise  or  fear  to  fall ; 

Lord  of  himself,  though  not  of  lands, 
And,  having  nothing,  yet  hath  all. 

Henry  Wottojj. 


CALL   TO    LABOR 


405.  8  &  7  s.  H. 

Life's  Work. 

1  All  around  as,  fair  with  flow* 

Fields  of  beautv  sleeping  lie; 

All  around  us  clarion  \ 

Call  to  duty,  stern  and  high. 

2  Thankfully  we  will  rejoice  in 

All  the  beauty  God  has  given  ; 
But  beware  it  does  not  win  us 

From  the  work  ordained  of  Heaven. 

3  Following  every  voice  of  mercy 

With  a  trusting,  loving  heart. 
Let  us  in  life's  earnest  labor 
Still  be  sure  to  do  our  part. 

4  Now,  to-day.  and  not  to-morrow, 

Let  us  w^ork  with  all  our  might, 
Lest  the  wretched  faint  and  perish 
In  the  coming  stormy  night. 

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CALL    TO    LABOR. 


Now,  to-day,  and  not  to-morrow,  — 
Lest,  before  to-morrow's  sun, 

We  too,  mournfully  departing, 
Shall  have  left  our  work  undone. 


406.  7  s.  M. 

The  Christian  Warfare. 

1  Christian  soldiers,  wake  to  glory ! 

Hark,  your  Leader  bids  you  rise ; 
See  the  crown  of  life  before  ye, 
March  to  seize  the  heavenly  prize. 

2  Let  the  hope  of  full  salvation, 

Helmet-like,  your  head  adorn  ; 
Be  the  gospel's  preparation 

On  your  feet  like  sandals  worn. 

3  Let  your  loins  around  be  girded 

By  the  truth  your  lips  profess. 

From  your  breast  be  danger  warded 

By  the  plate  of  righteousness. 

4  Let  your  prayers  ascend  with  fervor, 

Without  ceasing  to  the  Lord  : 
Not  an  unconcerned  observer, 
Timely  succor  he  '11  afford. 

5  Faith  and  hope  must  never  languish, 

All  your  cares  upon  him  cast : 
He  '11  enable  you  to  vanquish 
Every  enemy  at  last. 

Ch.  Lyrics. 


I    u.i.    K)    l   LBOB. 

1<>7.  '     M. 

rning  Invocation. 

1  Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  bud, 
Thy  daily  Btage  of  duty  run  ; 
Shake  off  dull  sloth,  and  joyful  rise, 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 

2  Thy  precious  time,  misspent,  redeem  ; 
Each  present  day  thy  last  esteem  ; 
Improve  thy  talent  with  due  care, 

And  for  eternity  prepare* 

3  In  conversation  be  sincere, 

Keep  conscience,  as  the  noontide,  clear; 
Think  how  the  all-seeing  God  thy  wi 
And  all  thy  secret  thoughts  surveys. 

4  Lord!    I  my  vow-  to  thee  renew; 
Scatter  my  sins  like  morning  dew  : 
Guard  my  first  springs  of  thought  and  will, 
And  with  thyself  toy  spirit  rill. 

5  Direct,  control,  suggest  this  day, 
All  I  design,  or  do,  or  say  : 

That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

Ken>\ 

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THE    GRACE    OF    GIVING. 


408.  C.  BL 

Compassion  and  Charity. 

1  Blest  is  the  man  whose  softening  heart 

Feels  all  another's  pain  ; 
To  whom  the  supplicating  eye 
Is  never  raised  in  vain  ;  — 

2  Whose  breast  expands  with  generous  warmth, 

A  brother's  woes  to  feel, 
And  bleeds  in  pity  o'er  the  wound 
He  wants  the  power  to  heal. 

3  He  spreads  his  kind  supporting  arms 

To  every  child  of  grief; 
His  secret  bounty  largely  flows, 
And  brings  unasked  relief. 

4  To  gentle  offices  of  love 

His  feet  are  never  slow  ; 
He  views,  through  mercy's  melting  eye, 
A  brother  in  a  foe. 

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r 


rm     GtRAOl     OF    <.i\  : v 

5  To  him  protection  shall  be  shown, — 
And  mercy  from  abo\  e 
I  descend  on  him  \\  ho  thus  fulfils 

The  perfect  law  of  love. 


Barb  \n.n. 


409.  <     K. 

BlMMdllNi  nt"  the  Mevdful. 

1  Blest  is  the  man  whose  liberal  heart 

Feels  for  the  Buffering  poor  ; 

Who  freely  gives,  for  their  relief, 

His  counsel  and  his  -tore. 

2  To  him  the  Lord,  in  troublous  times, 

Will  sure  deliverance  send  ; 
His  life  prolong  on  earth,  and  bless, 
And  from  his  foes  defend. 

3  When,  on  the  bed  of  languishing*, 

His  mortal  hour  is  come, 
The  Lord  will  soothe  his  dying  pains, 
And  take  the  sufferer  home. 

4  The  Lord  of  heaven  love-  liberal  souls, — 

Their  hearts  are  like  his  own  : 
Heaven  is  the  home  of  those  who  breathe 
The  mercy  of  his  throne. 

E.  J.  Fitch. 

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THE    GRACE    OF    GIVING. 
410.  L  31. 

The  Blessings  of  Beneficence. 

1  Thrice  happy  man  who  fears  the  Lord, 
Loves  his  commands,  and  trusts  his  word ; 
Honor  and  peace  his  days  attend, 

And  blessings  to  his  seed  descend. 

2  Compassion  dwells  upon  his  mind, 
To  works  of  mercy  still  inclined  ; 
He  lends  the  poor  some  present  aid, 
Or  gives  them,  not  to  be  repaid. 

3  His  soul,  well-fixed  upon  the  Lord, 
Draws  heavenly  courage  from  his  word; 
Amid  the  darkness,  light  shall  rise, 

To  cheer  his  heart  and  bless  his  eyes. 

4  He  hath  dispersed  his  alms  abroad ; 
His  works  are  still  before  his  God  ; 
His  name  on  earth  shall  long  remain, 
jNor  shall  his  hope  of  heaven  be  vain. 

Watts. 

411.  CM. 

Kindness  to  the  Poor. 

1   Hoyv  blest  is  he  who  fears  the  Lord, 
And  follows  his  commands, 
Who  lends  the  poor  without  reward, 
Or  gives  with  liberal  hands. 

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THE    0BA4  l.    01     '.ivi\... 

8  As  pity  dwells  within  his  breast 

To  all  the  -on-  of  ; 

1  rod  shall  answer  his  request 
With  blessings  on  hi-  - 

3  In  times  of  danger  and  distress, 

Some  beams  of  light  -hall  -him'. 
To  .-how  th<;  world  hi-  righteouso 

Ami  give  him  peace  divine. 

4  IIi>  work-  of  piety  and  love 

Remain  before  tin-  Lord ; 

on  earth,  and  joys  above, 
Shall  be  his  sure  reward. 


Watts. 


112.  <     >I 

The  Good  Man. 

1  Happy  the  man  whose  caution^  step- 

Still  keep  the  golden  mean  ; 
Whose  life,  by  wisdom's  rules  well  formed, 
Declares  a  conscience  clean. 

2  While  what  kind  Heaven  on  him  bestows, 

He  take-  with  thankful  heart  : 
Hi-  breast  expands  to  others'  want.-, 
And  gives  the  poor  a  part. 

3  To  sect  or  party  his  large  soul 

Disdains  to  be  confined  ; 

The  good  he  loves,  of  every  name, 
And  prays  for  all  mankind. 


THE    GRACE    OF    GIVING. 

His  business  is  to  keep  his  heart ; 

Each  passion  to  control ; 
Nobly  ambitious  well  to  rule 

The  empire  of  his  soul. 

Not  on  the  world  his  heart  is  set, 

His  treasure  is  above  ; 
Nothing  beneath  the  sovereign  good 

Can  claim  his  highest  love. 

Xeedham. 


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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 


113.  i  m. 

The  Living  and  the  Dead. 

1  WHERE  are  the  dead?  —  In  heaven  or  hell 
Their  disembodied  spirits  dwell ; 

Their  perished  forms,  in  bonds  of  clay, 
lv   served  until  the  judgment  day. 

2  Who  are  the  dead  ?  —  the  sons  of  time, 
In  every  age,  and  state  and  clime; 

Renowned,  dishonored,  or  forgot. 

The  place  that  knew  them.  knows  them  not. 

3  Where  are  the  living  ?  —  on  the  ground 
Where  prayer  is  heard  and  mercy  found 
Where  in  the  compass  of  a  -pan. 

The  mortal  makes  the  immortal  man. 

4  Who  are  the  living  ?  —  they  whose  breath 
Draws  every  moment  nigh  to  death  : 

Of  endless  bliss  or  woe  the  heirs, 
O,  what  an  awful  lot  is  the: 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

Then,  timely  warned,  let  us  begin 
To  follow  Christ  and  flee  from  sin ; 
Daily  grow  up  in  him  our  Head, 
Lord  of  the  living  and  the  dead. 


414.  S.  BE. 

The  Issues  of  Life  and  Death. 

1  O,  where  shall  rest  be  found,  — 
Rest  for  the  weary  soul  ? 

'T  were  vain  the  ocean  depths  to  sound, 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole. 

2  The  world  can  never  give 
The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh : 

'T  is  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live, 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

3  Beyond  this  vale  of  tears, 
There  is  a  life  above, 

Unmeasured  by  the  flight  of  years  ; 
And  all  that  life  is  love. 

4  There  is  a  death  whose  pang 
Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath  : 

0,  what  eternal  horrors  hang 
Around  the  second  death  ! 

5  Lord  God  of  truth  and  grace, 
Teach  us  that  death  to  shun, 

Lest  we  be  banished  from  thy  face, 
And  evermore  undone. 

Montgomery. 

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TIME    a\i>    I  ii:km  i  v. 

415.  L.M. 

\  ,  ity. 

1  E  i n:\iTV  is  just  at  hand  : 

And  shall  I  waste  my  ebbing  sand, 
And  \  iew  departing  daj, 

And  throw  my  inch  of  time  away? 

2  Eternity  without  a  bound, 

1     guilty  souls  a  dreadful  sound  ! 
But  0,  if  Christ  and  heaven  be  mine, 
Bow  sweet  the  accents!  how  divine! 

o   Be  this  my  chief,  my  only  care. 
My  high  pursuit,  my  ardenl  pra] 
An  interest  in  the  Saviour'-  blood, 
My  par  I  peace  with  God. 

4  But  should  my  high  be  vain, 
The  rising  doubt,  how  sharp  the  pain! 
My  fears,  O  g                       remove, 
Confirm  my  title  to  thy  love. 

5  Search.  Lord.  0  search  my  inmost  heart, 
And  light,  and  hope,  and  joy  impart  ; 

From  guilt  and  error  set  me  tree. 
And  guide  me  sate  to  heaven  and  thee. 

416.  8.  M 

•  1      To-XOBROW,  Lord,  is  thine. 
Lodged  in  thy  sovereign  hand: 

And  it'  its  sun  arise  and  shine. 
It  shines  by  thy  command. 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

2  The  present  moment  flies, 
And  bears  our  life  away  ; 

O,  make  thy  servants  truly  wise, 
That  they  may  live  to-day. 

3  Since  on  this  fleeting  hour 
Eternity  is  hung, 

Awake,  by  thine  almighty  power, 
The  aged  and  the  young. 

i     One  thing  demands  our  care  ; 

O,  be  that  still  pursued, 
Lest,  slighted  once,  the  season  fair 

Should  never  be  renewed. 

Doddridge. 


417.  8  &  7s.  31. 

In  Memoriam. 

1  After  life's  eventful  mission, 

In  her  truthfulness  and  worth, 
Like  a  bright  and  gentle  vision 
She  has  passed  away  from  earth. 

2  Lovely  she  in  form  and  feature  ! 

Blended  purity  and  grace  !  — 
The  Creator  in  the  creature 
Glowed  in  her  expressive  face  ! 

3  Angel  of  a  nature  human  ! 

Essence  of  celestial  love  ! 
Heart  and  soul  of  trusting  woman, 
Gone  to  her  reward  above  ! 

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II  Ml     AM»    ETERNITY. 

•1    Mourner-,  <lrv  \<>ur  tear>  of  BOITOW, — 

lv  b  Aden  promise  o'er  : 

There  will  (lawn  a  cheerful  morrow 

When  we  '11  meet  to  part  n< 

. '.   M«  )BBI8. 

418.  I    ■• 

Thfl  Wreath  of  Million. 

1  Hi;  died,  as  he  had  lived,  beloved, 

Without  an  enemy  on  earth  ; 
In  word  and  deed  he  breathed  and  moved 

The  soul  of  honor  and  of  worth  : 
Hi-  hand  was  ripen  as  the  day. 

His  bearing  high,  his  nature  brave; 
And.  when  from  life  he  passed  away, 

Our  hearts  went  with  him  to  the  grave. 

2  What  desolation  filled  our  home 

When  death  from  u<  our  treasure  bore!- 
O,  for  the  better  world  to  come 

Where  we  shall  meet  to  part  no  more  ! 
The  hope  of  that  sustains  us  now. 

In  that  we  trust  on  bended  knee, 
While  thus  around  his  faded  brow 

We  twine  the  wreath  of  memory. 

Geokue  P.  Morbis. 

419.  C  M. 

Death  of  the  Young. 

1  The  young,  the  lovely,  pass  away, 
Ne'er  to  be  seen  again :    . 

347 


TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

Earth's  fairest  flowers  too  soon  decay  ; 
Its  blasted  trees  remain. 

Full  oft,  we  see  the  brightest  thing 

That  lifts  its  head  on  high 
Smile  in  the  light,  then  droop  its  wing, 

And  fade  away,  and  die. 

And  kindly  is  the  lesson  given  ; 

Then  dry  the  falling  tear  : 
They  came  to  raise  our  hearts  to  heaven  ; 

They  go  to  call  us  there. 

Mbs.  Follex. 


420.  I-  M. 

The  Work  finished. 

1  'T  is  finished  !  so  the  Saviour  cried, 
And  meekly  bowed  his  head  and  died ; 
'T  is  finished,  —  yes,  the  race  is  run, 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won. 

2  'T  is  finished,  —  all  that  heaven  decreed, 
And  all  the  ancient  prophets  said, 

Is  now  fulfilled,  as  was  designed, 
In  me  the  Saviour  of  mankind. 

3  'T  is  finished,  —  heaven  is  reconciled, 
And  all  the  powers  of  darkness  spoiled : 
Peace,  love,  and  happiness  again 
Return  and  dwell  with  sinful  men. 

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4  Tis  finished,  —  lei  the  joyful  sound 
Be  heard  through  all  the  nations  round: 
"1"  is  finished, —  let  the  echo  H\ 
Through  heaven  and  hell,  through  earth  and  sky. 


j  i  r. 


431.  8-M. 

H  Lot  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous." 

1  O  FOR  the  death  of  th<>-<- 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord  ! 

O,  l>e  like  theirs  my  last  repose, 

Like  theirs  my  last  reward  ! 

2  Their  bodies  in  the  ground 
In  Bilenl  hope  may  lie, 

Till  the  last  trumpets  joyful  Bound 

Shall  call  them  to  the  sky. 

3  Their  ransomed  spirit-  soar, 
On  wings  of  faith  and  love, 

To  meet  the  Saviour  they  adore, 
And  reign  with  him  above. 

4  With  us  their  names  shall  live 
Through  loner,  succeeding  years. 

Embalmed  with  all  our  hearts  ean  give, 
Our  praises  and  our  tears. 

Ch.  Psalmody. 
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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

422.  8&7s.  M. 

Death  of  a  Sister. 

1  Sister,  thou  wast  mild  and  lovely, 

Gentle  as  the  summer  breeze, 
Pleasant  as  the  air  of  evening, 
When  it  floats  among  the  trees. 

2  Peaceful  be  thy  silent  slumber,  — 

Peaceful  in  the  grave  so  low  ; 
Thou  no  more  wilt  join  our  number ; 
Thou  no  more  our  songs  shalt  know. 

3  Dearest  sister,  thou  hast  left  us  ; 

Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel ; 
But  't  is  God  that  hath  bereft  us : 
He  can  all  our  sorrows  heal. 

4  Yet  again  we  hope  to  meet  thee, 

When  the  day  of  life  is  fled, 
Then  in  heaven  with  joy  to  greet  thee, 
Where  no  farewell  tear  is  shed. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

423.  6  &  5  s.  M. 

Reunion  in  Heaven. 

1  When  shall  we  meet  again,  — 
Meet  ne'er  to  sever  ? 
When  will  peace  wreath  her  chain 
Round  us  forever  ? 

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TIKE     AM>     !    I  I   KM  TV. 

Our  hearts  will  ne'er  re] 

h  blast  that  blows 
In  this  (lark  \  eil  of  woes,  — 
er,  —  no,  never  I 

When  shall  love  Freely  flow, 

Pure  as  life's  rii  er  ? 
When  shall  sweet  friendship  glow, 

Chi  v''. 

Where  joys  celestial  thrill* 
Where  bliss  each  heart  -hall  till. 
And  fears  of  parting  chill 

Never,  —  no,  nei 

Up  to  that  world  of  light 

Take  us,  dear  Saviour ; 
May  we  all  there  unite, 

I  tappy  forever : 
Where  kindred  spirits  dwell. 
There  may  our  music  .-well, 
And  time  our  joys  dispel 

Never,  —  no.  never  ! 

Soon  shall  we  meet  again,  — 

Meet  ne'er  to  sever : 
Soon  will  peace  wreath  her  chain 

Bound  us  forever  : 
Our  heart-  will  then  repose 
Secure  from  world, 
Our  songs  or'  praise  -hall  close 

Never,  —  no,  never  ! 

Select  Hymns. 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

424.  P  M. 

Hope  beyond  the  Grave. 

1  The  knell  was  tolled,  the  requiem  sung, 

The  solemn  burial  service  read  ; 
And  tributes  from  the  heart  and  tongue 
Were  rendered  to  the  dead. 

2  The  dead  ?  —  Religion  answers,  "  No  ! 

She  is  not  dead,  —  she  cannot  die  ! 
A  Christian  left  this  vale  of  woe  ! 
An  angel  lives  on  high  !  " 

3  The  earth  upon  her  coffin-lid 

Sounded  a  hollow,  harsh  adieu  ! 
The  mound  arose,  and  she  was  hid 
Forever  from  the  view  I 

4  Forever  ?  —  Drearily  the  thought 

Passed,  like  an  ice-bolt,  through  the  brain  ; 
When  Faith  the  recollection  brought 
That  we  shall  meet  again. 

5  The  mourners  wound  their  silent  way 

Adown  the  mountain's  gentle  slope, 
Which,  basking  in  the  smile  of  May, 
Look  cheerfully  as  hope. 

6  As  hope  ?  —  What  hope  ?  —  That  boundless  One 

God  in  his  love  and  mercy  gave  ; 
Which  brightens,  with  salvation's  sun, 
The  darkness  of  the  grave. 

George  P.  Morris. 

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i  I  Mi:    AM*    I  rERNITT. 

435.  1  A  <',  b,  Sf. 

TW 

1  As  flows  the  rapid  river, 

With  channel  broad  and  free, 
It-  waters  rippling  ever, 
And  hasting  t<>  the 

S  i  lite  i-  onward  flowing. 

And  days  <»t"  offered  p< 
And  man  i-  swiftly  going 

Where  calls  of  mercy  <■■ 

2  A-  moons  sure  ever  waning, 

.V-  hastes  the  sun  away. 
A-  stormy  winds,  complaining, 

Bring  on  the  wintry  day  : 
So  fast  the  night  comes  o'er  us. — 

The  darkness  of  the  grave,  — 
And  death  isjost  before  us: — 

God  takes  the  lite  he  gave. 

3  Say.  i<  thy  young  heart's  treasure 

Laid  up  in  world-  above  ': 
And  is  it  all  thy  pleasure 

Thy  God  to  praise  and  love  ? 
0.  seek  and  find  him  early ; 

While  youth  and  year-  are  bright  ; 
And  he  will  guide  thee  surely 

To  realms  ot'  endless  light. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

426.  ft  M. 

The  Departure  of  the  Christian. 

1  Dear  as  thou  wert,  and  justly  dear, 

We  will  not  weep  for  thee  : 
One  thought  shall  check  the  starting  tear, 
It  is,  —  that  thou  art  free. 

2  And  thus  shall  faith's  consoling  powers 

The  tears  of  love  restrain ; 
O,  who  that  saw  thy  parting  hour  # 

Could  wish  thee  here  again  ? 

3  Triumphant  in  thy  closing  eye, 

The  hope  of  glory  shone ; 
Joy  breathed  in  thy  expiring  sigh, 
To  think  the  race  was  won. 

4  Gently  the  passing  spirit  fled, 

Sustained  by  grace  divine; 
0,  may  such  grace  on  me  be  shed, 
And  make  my  end  like  thine ! 

Dale. 

427.  L  M. 

1  Farewell  !  what  power  of  words  can  tell 
The  sorrows  of  a  last  farewell, 
When,  standing  by  the  mournful  bier, 
We  mingle  with  our  prayers  a  tear  ! 

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1  1MK     AM'     I    II   UNITY. 

2  0<  tend  thy  arm-  of  loi 

A  spirit  seeketh  thee  ahoi  e : 
S  e  heavenly  palaces,  undo 
Rec<  h  e  the  weary  to 

8   Redeemer  I  thou  didst  mourn  the  dead 
Be  with  as  in  the  time  of  need, 

And  grant  as  all,  from  Bin  set  tV 

At  length  to  rest  in  heaven  with  thee  ! 


128.  L   M. 

1  Lifk  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord, 
The  time  to  insure  the  great  reward; 

And  while  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn. 

The  vilest  sinner  may  return. 

2  The  living  know  that  they  mu>t  die  ; 
But  all  the  dead  forgotten  lie  ; 

Their  memory  and  their  sense  are  gone, 
Alike  unknowing  and  unknown. 

3  Their  hatred,  and  their  love,  is  lost. 
Their  envy  buried  in  the  dust  ; 
They  have  no  share  in  all  that  \s  done 
Beneath  the  circuit  of  the  sun. 

4  Then  what  my  thought-  design  to  do, 

My  hands,  with  all  your  might  pursue, 
Since  no  device,  nor  work,  is  found, 
Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  beneath  the  ground. 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

5  There  are  no  acts  of  pardon  passed 
In  the  cold  grave  to  which  we  haste ; 
But  darkness,  death,  and  long  despair 
Reign  in  eternal  silence  there. 

Watts. 

429.  L  31 

Here  and  Hereafter. 

1  How  vain  is  all  beneath  the  skies  ! 

How  transient  every  earthly  bliss  ! 
How  slender  all  the  fondest  ties 
That  bind  us  to  a  world  like  this  ! 

2  The  evening  cloud,  the  morning  dew, 

The  withering  grass,  the  fading  flower, 
Of  earthly  hopes  are  emblems  true, — 
The  glory  of  a  passing  hour  ! 

3  But,  though  earth's  fairest  blossoms  die, 

And  all  beneath  the  skies  is  vain, 
There  is  a  land  whose  confines  lie 
Beyond  the  reach  of  care  and  pain. 

4  Then  let  the  hope  of  joys  to  come 

Dispel  our  cares,  and  chase  our  fears  : 
If  God  be  ours,  we  're  travelling  home, 
Though  passing  through  a  vale  of  tears. 

Pratt's  Coll. 

430.  ^  M. 

The  Righteous  Blessed  in  Death. 

How  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies  ! 
When  sinks  a  weary  soul  to  rest, 


II  MK    AM)     II  IK  MTV. 

How  mildly  beam  tin'  cloeii 

How  gently  heaves  the  expiring  breast! 

2  So  fades  a  sunt«ner  cloud  away, 

So  -ink-  the  gale  when  -tonus  art-  </. 
So  gently  .-huts  the  eye  of  day. 
3    dies  a  wave  along  the  shore. 

3  A  holy  quiet  reigns  around, 

A  calm  which  life  nor  doath  destroys  ; 
Nothing  disturbs  that  peace  profound 
Which  his  unfettered  soul  enjoy.-. 

4  Farewell,  conflicting  hopes  and  fear-. 

Where  lights  and  shades  alternate  dwell! 
How  bright  the  unchanging  morn  appears! 

Farewell.  Inconstant  world,  farewell ! 

5  Life's  duty  done,  a-  -inks  the  clay, 

Light  from  its  load  the  spirit  flies  ; 
While  heaven  and  earth  combine  to  say, 

"  How  blessed  the  righteous  when  he  dies  !  " 
Mrs.  Bakbauld. 


431.  8ATS.M. 

Death  of  a  Pupil. 

1  One  sweet  flower  has  drooped  and  faded, 
One  loved  scholar's  voice  has  fled. 

One  fair  brow  the  grave  has  .-haded, 
One  dear  schoolmate  now  is  dead. 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

2  Why  should  we  feel  thoughts  of  sadness  ? 

For  our  friend  is  happy  now ; 

She  has  knelt  in  soul-felt  gladness, 

Where  the  blessed  angels  bow. 

3  She  has  gone  to  heaven  before  us, 

But  she  turns  and  waves  her  hand, 
Pointing  to  the  glories  o'er  us, 
In  that  happy  spirit-land. 

4  May  our  footsteps  never  falter 

In  the  path  that  she  has  trod  ; 
May  we  worship  at  the  altar 
Of  the  great  and  living  God. 

5  Lord,  may  angels  watch  above  us, 

Keep  us  all  from  error  free,  — 
May  they  guard,  and  guide,  and  love  us, 
Till,  like  Aer,  we  go  to  thee. 

Mrs.  Remans. 


432.  C  M. 

Death  of  a  Teacher. 

1  What  though  the  arm  of  conquering  death 

Does  now  our  peace  invade ; 
What  though  our  teacher  and  our  friend 
Is  numbered  with  the  dead  ;  — 

2  Though  earthly  shepherds  sink  to  rest, 

No  more  to  guide  the  young ; 

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II  Mi;     LND    ETERNITY. 

The  watchful  eye  in  darknee 
And  dumb  the  instruct: 

eternal  Shepherd  -till  sun 
Hi-  teaching  to  Impart  : 

i.  be  our  Leader  and  our  ( ruide, 
And  rule  and  keep  our  heart. 

4  Thy  spirit,  dearest  teacher,  fled, 
Sustained  by  grace  divine  : 
0,  may  such  gra  •<•  on  as  be  -hod 
And  make  our  end  like  thine. 

I><  .ni'i.iiM.i;. 

133.  C.  M. 

1  Wht  Bhould  our  tears  in  sorrow  flow. 

When  God  recalls  hi-  <>wn  ; 
And  hid-  them  leave  a  world  of  ■ 

For  an  immortal  crown  ': 

2  I-  not  e'en  death  a  gain  to  those 

Whose  life  to  God  was  iii\ 
Gladly  to  earth  their  eyes  they  close, 
To  open  them  in  beaven. 

3  Their  toils  are  past,  their  work  is  done. 

And  they  are  fully  blest  : 
They  fought  the  fight,  the  victory  won, 
And  entered  into 

4  Then  let  our  so;  3e  to  flow, — 

God  has  recalled  his  own  ; 
And  let  our  hearts,  in  every  woe. 
Still  say.  —  »  Thy  will  be  done  !  n 

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TIME    AND    ETERNITY. 

434.  C.  M. 

Death  of  a  Pupil. 

1  Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God, 

Young  spirit,  rest  thee  now ! 
E'en  while  with  us  thy  footstep  trod, 
His  seal  was  on  thy  brow. 

2  Dust  to  its  narrow  house  beneath  ! 

Soul  to  its  place  on  high  ! 
They  that  have  seen  thy  look  in  death, 
No  more  may  fear  to  die. 

3  Lone  are  the  paths,  and  sad  the  hours, 

Since  thy  meek  spirit  's  gone ; 

But  O  a  brighter  home  than  ours, 

In  heaven,  is  now  thine  own ! 

Mrs.  Hemans. 


435.  C.  M. 

Death  dreadful  without  Preparation. 

1  Death  !  9t  is  a  melancholy  day 

To  those  who  have  no  God, 
When  the  poor  soul  is  forced  away 
To  seek  her  last  abode. 

2  In  vain  to  heaven  she  lifts  her  eyes ; 

But  guilt,  a  heavy  chain, 
Still  drags  her  downward  from  the  skies 
To  darkness,  fire,  and  pain. 

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TIKI    and    ETERNITY. 

3  He  ia  a  ( ><>d  of  sovereign  1<»\  <•, 
Who  promised  heaven  to  me, 
And  taught  my  thoughts  to  -oar  ahove, 
Where  happy  Bpirits  !><•. 

-1  Prepare  me,  Lord,  for  thy  right  hand; 

Then  conn*  the  joy t'nl  day  : 
Come  death,  and  some  celestial  hand. 

To  bear  my  soul  away. 


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361 


MISSIONARY. 


436.  7  &  6  s.  M. 

1  From  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 

From  India's  coral  strand, 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 

Roll  down  their  golden  sand ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 

From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  calls  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle  ; 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile  : 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown ; 
The  heathen,  in  his  blindness, 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone ! 

3  Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

With  wisdom  from  on  high, 
Shall  we  to  men  benighted 
The  lamp  of  life  deny  ? 

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IH8SI0NABY. 

Salvation,  O  sal  vat  ion  ! 

The  joyful  Bound  proclaim, 
Till  earth's  remotes!  nation 

I  [as  Learned  Messiah's  name. 

Waft,  watt,  ye  winds,  hia  story, 

And  you.  ye  * atera  roll, 
Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole; 
Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Redeemer,  King,  Creator, 

In  bliss  returns  to  reign. 

Heber. 


437.  8  A :  7  s.  M. 

1  Yes,  my  native  land  !  I  love  thee  ; 

All  thy  scenes  I  love  them  well ; 
Friends,  connections,  happy  country, 
Can  I  bid  you  all  farewell? 

Can  I  leave  you, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell  ? 

2  Home  !  thy  joys  are  passing  lovely,  — 

Joys  no  stranger-heart  can  tell  ; 

Happy  home  !  't  is  sure  I  love  thee ! 

Can  I,  —  can  I  say,  Farewell  ? 

Can  I  leave  thee. 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell  ? 

3  Scenes  of  sacred  peace  and  pleasure, 

Holy  days  and  Sabbath-bell, 


MISSIONARY. 

Richest,  brightest,  sweetest  treasure ! 
Can  I  say  a  last  farewell  ? 

Can  I  leave  you, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell  ? 

4  Yes !  I  hasten  from  you  gladly, 

From  the  scenes  I  love  so  well ; 
Far  away,  ye  billows  !  bear  me  ; 
Lovely  native  land  !  farewell ! 

Pleased  I  leave  thee, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell. 

5  In  the  deserts  let  me  labor, 

On  the  mountains  let  me  tell, 
How  he  died,  —  the  blessed  Saviour, — 
To  redeem  a  world  from  hell ! 

Let  me  hasten, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

438.  H.  M. 

Spread  of  the  Gospel. 

1  0  Zion,  tune  thy  voice, 

And  raise  thy  hands  on  high ; 
Tell  all  the  earth  thy  joys, 
And  boast  salvation  nigh. 
Cheerful  in  God,  arise  and  shine, 
While  rays  divine  stream  all  abroad. 

2  He  gilds  thy  mourning  face 

With  beams  that  cannot  fade  ; 
His  all-resplendent  grace 
He  pours  around  thy  head ; 

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mi-Ion  u;y. 

The  nations  round  thy  form  shall  view, 
With  lustre  uew  divinely  crowned. 

3  In  honor  to  hifi  nann*. 

&  fled  thai  sacred  light  ; 
And  loud  thai  grace  proclaim, 

Which  makes  thy  darkness  bright: 
Pursue  hi-  praise,  till  sovereign  love 

In  worlds  above  the  glory  raise. 

4  There  on  his  holy  hill 

A  brighter  buh  shall  rise, 

And  with  hi<  radiance  iill 
Those  fairer,  purer  >kies  : 
While  round  his  throne,  ten  thousand  stars, 
In  nobler  spheres,  his  influence  own. 

Doddridge. 

439.  7  &  G  s.  M. 

The  Morning  Light  is  breaking. 

1  TriE  morning  light  is  breaking, 

The  darkness  di -appears. 
The  sons  of  earth  are  waking 

To  penitential  tears : 
Each  breeze  that  sweeps  the  ocean 

Brings  tidings  from  afar. 
Of  nations  in  commotion, 

Prepared  for  Zion's  war. 

2  Rich  dews  of  grace  come  o'er  us, 

In  many  a  gentle  shower, 

And  brighter  scenes  before  us 

Are  opening  every  hour  ; 

31  *  365 


MISSIONARY. 

Each  cry  to  heaven  going, 

Abundant  answer  brings, 
And  heavenly  gales  are  blowing, 

With  peace  upon  their  wings. 

Blest  river  of  salvation, 

Pursue  thy  onward  way  ; 
Flow  thou  to  every  nation, 

Nor  in  thy  richness  stay  ; 
Stay  not,  till  all  the  lowly 

Triumphant  reach  their  home, 
Stay  not,  till  all  the  holy 

Proclaim  the  Lord  has  come. 

S.  F.  Smith. 


366 


NATIONAL. 


National  Hymn. 

1  My  country,  't  is  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty, 

Of  thee  I  sing  ; 
Land  where  my  fathers  died, 

Land  of  the  pilgrim's  pride, 
From  every  mountain  side 
Let  freedom  ring. 

2  My  native  country,  thee, — 
Land  of  the  noble,  free,  — 

Tny  name  I  love  ; 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills, 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills ; 
My  heart  with  rapture  thrills 

Like  that  above. 

3  Let  music  swell  the  breeze, 
And  ring  from  all  the  trees 

Sweet  freedom's  song: 
Let  mortal  tongues  awake  ; 
Let  all  that  breathe  partake  ; 
Let  rocks  their  silence  break, — 

The  sound  prolong. 

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NATIONAL. 

4  Our  fathers'  God,  to  thee. 
Author  of  liberty, 

To  thee  we  sing  : 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  freedom's  holy  light ; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might, 
Great  God,  our  King. 

S.  F.  Smith. 

441.  6&4s.M. 

1  Break  forth  in  song,  ye  trees, 
As,  through  your  tops,  the  breeze 

Sweeps  from  the  sea  ; 
For,  on  its  rushing  wings, 
To  your  cool  shades  and  springs, 
That  breeze  a  people  brings, 

Exiled,  though  free. 

2  Ye  sister  hills  lay  down 

Of  ancient  oaks  your  crown, 

In  homage  due  ;  — 
These  are  the  great  of  earth, 
Great,  not  by  kingly  birth, 
Great  in  their  well-proved  worth, 

Firm  hearts  and  true. 

3  These  are  the  living  lights, 

That  from  your  bold,  green  heights 

Shall  shine  afar, 
Till  they  who  name  the  name 
Of  Freedom,  to  the  flame 
Come,  as  the  Magi  came 

Towards  Bethlehem's  star. 

Pierpont. 

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NATIONAL. 

1  IS,  •  A    1  s.  >I. 

Plnj  M  fof  <>ur  Country. 

1  God  bless  our  native  land  ! 

Finn  may  she  <-v<  r  stand 

Through  storm  and  night  ! 
When  the  wild  tempests  rave, 

Ruler  of  winds  and  wa 

Do  thou  our  country  save, 
By  thy  great  might. 

2  For  her  our  prayer  shall  rise 
To  God  above  the  >kies  ; 

On  him  we  wait ; 
Thou  who  hast  heard  each  sigh 
Watching  each  weeping  eye, 
Be  thou  forever  nigh  ;  — 

God  save  the  state  ! 

Axon. 

443.  c  *■ 

Prayer  for  our  Country.     Fourth  of  July. 

1  Lord,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray, 

Of  every  clime  and  coast, 
0  hear  us  for  our  native  land,  — 
The  land  we  love  the  most. 

2  0,  guard  our  shores  from  every  foe, 

With  peace  our  borders  ble— . 
With  prosperous  times  our  cities  crown, 
Our  fields  with  plenteousness. 

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NATIONAL. 

3  Unite  us  in  the  sacred  love 

Of  knowledge,  truth,  and  thee  ; 
And  let  our  hills  and  valleys  shout 
The  songs  of  liberty. 

4  Here  may  religion  pure  and  mild 

Smile  on  our  Sabbath  hours  ; 
And  piety  and  virtue  bless 
The  home  of  us  and  ours. 

5  Lord  of  the  nations,  thus  to  thee 

Our  country  we  commend  ; 
Be  thou  her  refuge  and  her  trust, 
Her  everlasting  friend. 


Wreford. 


444.  6  &  4  s.  M. 

1  Gone  are  those  great  and  good 
Who  here,  in  peril,  stood 

And  raised  their  hymn. 
Peace  to  the  reverend  dead  ! 
The  light,  that  on  their  head 
Two  hundred  years  have  shed, 

Shall  ne'er  grow  dim. 

2  Ye  temples,  that  to  God 
Rise  where  our  fathers  trod, 

Guard  well  your  trust, — 
The  faith  that  dared  the  sea, 
The  truth,  that  made  them  free, 
Their  cherished  purity, 

Their  garnered  dust 

370 


NATIONAL. 

3  Thou  high  and  holy  One, 
Whose  care  for  Bire  ;m<l  boo 

All  nature  tilU  ; 

While  day  shall  break  and  cl 
While  night  h<  r  crescent  sh< 
0,  let  thy  light  repose 
( )n  these  our  hill- ! 

PlKRPOST. 


371 


OCCASIONAL. 


445.  T  s.  BE. 

The  Golden  Rule. 

1  Thus  said  Jesus  :  "  Go  and  do 
As  thou  wouldst  be  done  unto." 
Here  thy  perfect  duty  see, 

All  that  God  requires  of  thee. 

2  Wouldst  thou,  when  thy  faults  are  known, 
Wish  that  pardon  should  be  shown  ? 

Be  forgiving,  then,  and  do 
As  thou  wouldst  be  done  unto. 

3  Shouldst  thou  helpless  be  and  poor, 
Wouldst  thou  not  for  aid  implore  ? 
Think  of  others,  then,  and  be 

What  thou  wouldst  they  should  to  thee. 

4  For  compassion  if  thou  call, 
Be  compassionate  to  all ; 

If  thou  wouldst  affection  find, 
Be  affectionate  and  kind. 

372 


OCCASIONAL. 

If  thou  wouldst  obtain  tin1  1  I 
(  )f  thy  gracious  (  rod  ahove, 

Then  to  all  his  children  be 

What  thou  wouldst  they  should  to  thee. 

\V.   Bos<  01 


1 10.  L.  M. 

The  Good  Resolution. 

1    BiAT  I  resolve  with  all  my  heart, 

With  all  my  powers  to  serve  the  Lord, 
Nor  from  his  precepts  e'er  depart, 
Whose  service  is  a  rich  reward. 


9 


Be  this  the  purpose  of  my  soul, 

My  solemn,  my  determined  choice, 
To  yield  to  his  supreme  control, 
And  in  his  kind  commands  rejoice. 

O,  may  I  never  faint  nor  tire, 

Nor,  wandering,  leave  his  sacred  ways  ! 
Great  God,  accept  my  soul's  desire, 

And  give  me  strength  to  live  thy  praise. 

Mrs.  Steele. 


447.  L  M. 

The  Golden  Rule. 

1  O  blessed  Saviour,  how  divine, 
How  righteous  is  this  rule  of  thine  ; 
To  do  to  all  men  just  the  same 
That  we  expect  or  wish  from  them. 

32  373 


OCCASIONAL. 

2  This  golden  lesson,  short  and  clear, 
Should  to  each  mind  and  heart  be  dear ; 
For  every  conscience  must  approve 
This  universal  law  of  love. 

3  How  blessed  would  every  nation  be, 
Thus  ruled  by  love  and  equity ! 
All  would  be  friends  without  a  foe, 
And  form  a  paradise  below. 

4  Jesus,  forgive  us  that  we  keep 
Thy  sacred  law  of  love  asleep  ; 
No  more  let  envy,  wrath,  or  pride, 
But  this  blest  maxim  be  our  guide. 

Watts. 


448.  I*  M. 

Rule  of  Life. 

1  My  son,  be  this  thy  simple  plan  : 
Serve  God,  and  love  thy  brother  man  ; 
Forget  not,  in  temptation's  hour, 
That  sin  lends  sorrow  double  power. 

2  Count  life  a  stage  upon  thy  way, 

And  follow  conscience,  come  what  may : 
Alike  with  heaven  and  earth  sincere, 
"  Fear  God,  —  and  know  no  other  fear." 

374 


OCCASIONAL. 

449.  C.M. 

Pletran  offinstrnctbif  the  Foung. 

1  Blest  work!  the  youthful  mind  to  win, 

And  turn  the  rising  race 
From  dark  and  dangerous  paths  of  sin, 
To  Beek  redeeming  grace. 

2  Children  our  kind  protection  claim  ; 

And  God  will  well  approve, 
When  infants  learn  to  lisp  his  name, 
And  their  Redeemer  love. 

3  Be  ours  the  bliss,  in  wisdom's  way 

To  guide  untutored  youth, 
And  show  the  mind  which  went  astray 
The  way,  the  life,  the  truth  ! 

4  Thy  Spirit,  Father,  on  us  shed, 

And  bles-  this  good  design  : 
The  honors  of  thy  name  be  spread  : 
Be  all  the  glory  thine  ! 

Pratt's  Coll. 


450.  8  &  T  s.  31. 

Psalm  of  Lite. 

1  Tell  me  not,  in  mournful  numbers, 
u  Life  is  but  an  empty  dream  ! " 
For  the  soul  is  dead  that  -lumbers, 
And  things  are  not  what  they  seem. 

375 


OCCASIONAL. 

2  Life  is  real !  life  is  earnest ! 

And  the  grave  is  not  its  goal ; 
"  Dust  thou  art,  to  dust  returnest," 
Was  not  spoken  of  the  soul. 

3  Not  enjoyment,  and  not  sorrow, 

Is  our  destined  end  or  way ; 

But  to  act,  that  each  to-morrow 

Find  us  farther  than  to-day. 

4  Lives  of  true  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime, 
And,  departing,  leave  behind  us 
Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time  ; 

5  Footprints  which  perhaps  another, 

Sailing  o'er  life's  solemn  main, 

A  forlorn  and  shipwrecked  brother, 

Seeing,  shall  take  heart  again. 

6  Let  us,  then,  be  up  and  doing, 

With  a  heart  for  any  fate  ; 

Still  achieving,  still  pursuing, 

Learn  to  labor  and  to  wait. 

Longfellow. 


451.  C.  31. 

Speak  Gently. 

1  Speak  gently,  —  it  is  better  far 
To  rule  by  love  than  fear ; 
Speak  gently,  —  let  no  harsh  word  mar 
The  good  we  may  do  here. 

376 


0C<    LSIOXAL. 

2  Speak  gently  to  the  young,  tin*  they 

Will  have  enough  to  bear  ; 
Pass  through  this  life  aa  best  they  may, 
T  La  lull  of  anxious  care, 

3  Speak  gently  to  the  aged  one, 

Grieve  not  the  careworn  ln-art  ; 
The  sand-  of  life  are  nearly  run. 
Let  them  in  peace  depart. 

4  Speak  gently  to  the  erring  ones  ; 

They  must  have  toiled  in  vain  ; 

Perchance  unkindness  made  then. 

O,  win  them  back  again  ! 

5  Speak  gently, —  't  is  a  little  thing 

Dropped  in  the  heart's  deep  well  ; 
The  good,  the  joy,  that  it  may  bring, 
Eternity  .-hall*  tell. 

D.  Bates. 


452.  I*  31 

Why  stand  ye  idle  here  ? 

The  God  of  glory  walks  his  round, 
From  day  to  day,  from  year  to  year, 

And  warns  us  each,  with  awful  sound, 
M  No  longer  stand  ye  idle  here  ! 

"  Ye,  whose  young  cheeks  are  rosy-bright, 
Whose  hand- are  -trong.  whose  hearts  are  clear, 

Waste  not  of  hope  the  morning  light ! 
Ah,  why,  why  stand  ye  idle  here  ? 

3-2  •  377 


OCCASIONAL. 

3  "  O,  if  the  griefs  ye  would  assuage 

That  wait  on  life's  declining  year, 
Now  seek  a  blessing  for  your  age, 

And  work  your  Maker's  business  here  !  " 

4  0  thou,  by  all  thy  works  adored, 

To  whom  the  sinner's  soul  is  dear, 
Recall  us  to  thy  vineyard,  Lord, 

And  grant  us  grace  to  please  thee  here ! 


453.  I-  M. 

The  Altar  and  the  School. 

1  When,  driven  by  oppression's  rod, 

Our  fathers  fled  beyond  the  sea, 
Their  care  was  first  to  honor  God, 
And  next  to  leave  their  children  free. 

2  Above  the  forest's  gloomy  shade 

The  altar  and  the  school  appeared ; 
On  that  the  gifts  of  faith  were  laid, 

In  this  their  precious  hopes  were  reared. 

3  The  altar  and  the  school  still  stand, 

The  sacred  pillars  of  our  trust, 
And  freedom's  sons  shall  fill  the  land 
When  we  are  sleeping  in  the  dust. 

4  Before  thine  altar,  Lord,  we  bend, 

With  grateful  song  and  fervent  prayer, 
For  thou  who  wast  our  fathers'  friend 
Wilt  make  their  offspring  still  thy  care. 

W.  P.  Lunt. 

378 


0C<    LMOKAL. 
154.  I     K 

l'or  the  BfofMtng  of  School*. 

1  O  Thou,  at  whose  dread  name  we  bend, 

To  whom  our  purest  vows  we  pay, 
God  over  all,  in  loi  e  descend, 
And  bless  the  labors  of  this  day. 

2  Our  fathers  here,  a  pilgrim  band, 

Fixed  the  proud  empire  of  the  free  ; 
Art  moved  in  gladness  o'er  the  land. 
And  Faith  her  altars  reared  to  thee. 

3  Here,  too,  to  guard,  through  every  age 

The  sacred  rights  their  valor  won, 
They  bade  Instruction  spread  her  page, 
And  send  down  truth  from  sire  to  son. 

4  Here  still,  through  all  succeeding  time, 

Their  stores  may  truth  and  learning  bring, 
And  still  the  anthem-note  sublime 

To  thee  from  children's  children  sing. 

C.   SrRAGUE. 

455.  8  «&:  7  s.  31. 

Cradle  Hymn. 

1   HUSH,  my  dear,  lie  still  and  slumber, 
Holy  angels  guard  thy  bed, 
Heavenly  blessings  without  number 
Gently  falling  on  thy  head. 

379 


OCCASIONAL. 

2  Sleep,  my  babe,  thy  food  and  raiment, 

House  and  home  thy  friends  provide; 
All,  without  thy  care  or  payment, 
All  thy  wants  are  well  supplied. 

3  How  much  better  thou  Yt  attended 

Than  the  Son  of  God  could  be, 
When  from  heaven  he  descended, 
And  became  a  child  like  thee. 

4  Soft  and  easy  is  thy  cradle,  — 

Coarse  and  hard  the  Saviour  lay, 
When  his  birthplace  was  a  stable, 
And  his  softest  bed  was  hay. 

5  Blessed  Babe,  what  glorious  features, 

Spotless,  fair,  divinely  bright  ! 
Must  he  dwell  with  brutal  creatures  ?  — 
How  could  angels  bear  the  sight ! 

6  Was  there  nothing  but  a  manger 

Cursed  sinners  could  afford 
To  receive  the  heavenly  Stranger  ? 
Did  they  thus  affront  their  Lord? 

7  Soft,  my  child,  —  I  did  not  chide  thee, 

Though  my  song  might  sound  too  hard ; 
'T  is  thy  mother  sits  beside  thee, 
And  her  arm  shall  be  thy  guard. 

8  Yet,  to  read  the  shameful  story 

How  the  Jews  abused  their  King ; 
How  they  served  the  Lord  of  glory, 
Makes  me  angry  while  I  sing. 

380 


OCCASIONAL. 

0  See  the  kinder  shepherds  round  him, 
Telling  wonders  from  the  sky  ; 
There  they  9oughi  him,  there  they  found  him, 

With  his  virgin  mother  by- 

S<  e  the  lovely  Babe  a-dressing. 

Lovely  Infant,  how  be  smiled  ! 

When  he  wept,  the  mother's  blessing 
Soothed  and  hashed  the  holy  Child. 

11  Lo,  he  slumbers  in  his  man 

Where  the  horned  oxen  feed, — 
Peace,  my  darling,  here's  no  danger, 
Here  's  no  ox  a-near  thy  bed. 

12  'T  was  to  save  thee,  child,  from  dying, 

Save  my  dear  from  burning  flame, 
Bitter  groans,  and  endless  crying, 
That  thy  blest  Redeemer  came. 

13  Mayst  thou  live  to  know  and  fear  him, 

Trust  and  love  him  all  thy  da 
Then  go  dwell  forever  near  him, 
See  his  face,  and  sing  his  praise. 

14  I  could  give  thee  thousand  kisses, 

Hoping  what  I  most  desire ; 

Not  a  mother's  fondest  wishes 

Can  to  greater  joys  aspire. 


Watts. 


456.  G  &  4  s.  31. 

Dedication  Ode. 

1  The  builder's  thought  alone, 
Within  this  house  has  grown, 

381 


OCCASIONAL. 

Till  this  proud  day  ;  — 
Henceforth  shall  noble  speech, 
Brave  thoughts  that  God  doth  teach. 
All  wisdom  man  can  reach, 

Have  here  a  sway. 

2  These  walls,  so  cold  and  still, 
Shall  echo  to  the  thrill 

From  heart  and  mind  ; 
And  waves  of  music  sound, 
In  graceful  swell  rebound, 
And  cast  their  wealth  around 

For  souls  to  find. 

3  Thus  to  our  finer  eyes, 

A  dome  of  thoughts  shall  rise, 

These  walls  adorn  ;  — 
For  this  in  faith  we  wait, 
This  may  God  consecrate  ; 
And  both  we  dedicate 

In  happy  song. 

Miss  E.  C.  Babcock. 

457.  8  &  7  s.  M. 

Hymn  for  the  Times. 

1  We  are  living,  —  we  are  dwelling 

In  a  grand  and  awful  time  ; 
In  an  age,  on  ages  telling, 
To  be  living  is  sublime. 

2  Worlds  are  charging,  —  heaven  beholding  ; 

Thou  hast  but  an  hour  to  fight ; 
Love's  pure  banner  now  unfolding, 
On,  —  right  onward  for  the  right. 

383 


OCCASIONAL. 

8   Pear  not  !  spurn  the  worlding's  Laughter; 
Friendship's  fa\ or  trample  thou  ; 
Thou  shah  find  a  long  hereafter, 
To  be  more  than  tempts  thee  now. 

1    (  ).  let  all  the  SOul  within  you, 

For  the  truth's  Bake  ,Lro  abroad  ! 
Strike  I  lei  every  nerve  and  sinew 

Tell  on  aires,  —  tell  lor  God. 

A.  C.  Codl 


458.  8  <fc  7  s.  31. 

Angry  Words. 

1  Poisox  drops  of  care  and  sorrow, 

Bitter  poison  drops  are  they  ! 
Weaving  for  the  coming  morrow 
Sad  memorials  of  to-day. 

2  An<rry  words,  —  O,  let  them  never 

From  the  tongue  unbridled  slip  ; 
May  the  heart's  best  impulse  ever 
Check  them  ere  they  soil  the  lip. 

E.  Cook. 


459.  L  M. 

Envy. 

1   What  was  it  made  my  bosom  swell, 
When  listening  to  another's  praise  ? 
Did  I  regret  she  'd  done  so  well  ? 
And  could  her  worth  these  feelings  raise  ? 


OCCASIONAL. 

2  If  I  am  good,  why  should  I  fear, 
Though  others  may  deserving  prove  ? 
Should  commendation  be  less  clear, 
Because  't  is  shared  with  those  I  love  ? 

3  Far  be  from  me  so  base  a  part !  — 
The  struggle  past,  I  now  am  free ; 
Envy,  begone,  and  leave  this  heart ! 
You  shall  not  find  a  home  with  me. 


460.  C.  M. 

The  Laborer. 

1  The  laborer,  the  laborer, 

God's  nobleman  is  he,  — 
His  works  are  graven  on  the  soil, 

They  float  on  every  sea ; 
The  keystone  in  the  social  arch, 

Utility  his  crest, 
His  days  are  spent  in  manly  toil, 

His  nights  yield  balmy  rest. 

2  The  jewels  rare  and  silken  robes 

Of  idlers  heed  we  not,  — 
The  haughty  brow  and  flashing  blade 

Of  warriors  are  forgot ; 
But  he  who  toils  with  honest  soul, 

Subdues  the  sternest  fate, 
And  blessings  from  a  thousand  hearts, 

Proclaim  him  truly  great. 

3  Then  blessings  on  the  laborer, 

Whate'er  his  calling  be  ; 

384 


L8I0NAL. 

Though  he  may  burn  the  midnight  lamp, 

(  »:•  plough  the  foamy  >» -a. 
Or  gather  in  the  golden  grain, 

( )r  build  the  Btately  dome  ; 
To  him  we  owe  our  country's  power, 

To  him,  each  nappy  home.* 


*  The  2d  and  3d  stanzas  of  this  hvmn  were  written  by 
L  W.  1"ai:lin. 


PARTING. 


461.  L.  M. 

Parting  Hymn. 

1  To  thine  altar,  gracious  King, 
Now  our  final  gift  we  bring  ; 
Sanctify  it,  that  it  be, 

Lord,  well-pleasing  unto  thee. 
Loud  the  surging  measures  ring, 
While  thy  gracious  love  we  sing, 
Praise,  and  thanks,  and  blessings  roll, 
Forth  from  every  grateful  soul. 

2  Thanks  for  that  protecting  care, 
Which  hath  watched  us  everywhere ; 
Shielded  us  from  danger's  power, 
Strengthened  us  in  sorrow's  hour. 
For  our  days  of  calm  delight, 

For  our  hopes  which  still  are  bright, 

For  each  happy  memory, 

Lord,  we  bless  and  worship  thee. 

3  Xow  no  more  our  willing  feet, 

Haste  where  we  've  been  wont  to  meet ; 
Yet,  whate'er  our  path  may  be, 
God  of  Love,  we  look  to  thee. 

386 


PASTING. 

I    o'er  flowery  plains  we  tread, 
Or  through  deserts  drear  are  led, — 
Led;  by  thee,  in  joy  or  w 
Fearless  m  thy  lo\  i 

Bless  as,  Father,  —  may  we  be, 
In  all  wisdom,  taught  by  th< 
Blessings  rich,  from  Heaven  descend, 
On  each  teacher,  schoolmate,  friend; 

And  when  IhVs  brief  hour  is  past, 
May  we  meel  in  heaven  at  last, 
Endless  strains  of  praise  to  swell. 
With  no  cadence  of  farewell! 

L.  W.  Fablht. 


4G2.  1  B-  » 

Hymn  at  Parting. 

1  As  the  sun's  enlivening  eye 

Shines  on  every  place  the  same, 
So  the  Lord  is  always  nigh 

To  the  souls  that  love  his  name. 

2  When  they  move  at  duty's  call, 

He  is  with  them  by  the  "way  : 
He  is  ever  with  them  all. 

Those  who  go  and  those  who  stay. 

3  For  a  season  called  to  part. 

Let  us  then  ourselves  commend 


PARTING. 

To  the  gracious  eye  and  heart 
Of  our  ever-present  Friend. 

4  Father,  hear  our  humble  prayer  ! 

Tender  Shepherd  of  thy  sheep, 
Let  thy  mercy  and  thy  care 
All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

5  In  thy  strength  may  we  be  strong  ; 

Sweeten  every  cross  and  pain ; 
Give  us,  if  we  live,  erelong 
Here  to  meet  in  peace  again. 

J.  Newton. 


463.  8  &  7  s.  31. 

At  Parting. 

1  Part  in  peace  !     Is  day  before  us  ? 

Praise  His  name  for  life  and  light : 
Are  the  shadows  lengthening  o'er  us  ? 
Bless  His  care  who  guards  the  night. 

2  Part  in  peace !  with  deep  thanksgiving, 

Rendering,  as  we  homeward  tread, 
Gracious  service  to  the  living, 
Tranquil  memory  to  the  dead. 

3  Part  in  peace  !     Such  are  the  praises 

God,  our  Maker,  loveth  best ; 
Such  the  worship  that  upraises 
Human  hearts  to  heavenly  rest. 

S.  F.  Adams. 


I'Ai;  I  tNG. 


161.     ,  1  -  K« 


1  Tl  4.0HER8,  children,  ere  we  part, 
Every  \  oiee  and  every  hear! 
Join,  and  to  our  Father  raise 
One  last  hymn  of  grateful  praise. 

2  Though  we  here  should  meet  no  more, 
Yet  there  is  a  brighter  shore 

There,  released  from  toil  and  pain, 

There  may  we  all  meet  again. 


165.  B.  M. 

1  Once  more,  before  we  part, 
O  bless  the  Saviour's  name  ; 

Let  every  tongue  and  every  heart 
Adore  and  praise  the  same. 

2  Lord,  in  thy  grace  we  came, 
That  blessing  still  impart ; 

We  meet  in  Jesus'  sacred  name, 
In  Jesus'  name  we  part. 

3  Still  on  thy  holy  word 

We  '11  live,  and  teed,  and  grow, 
And  still  go  on  to  know  the  Lord, 
And  practise  what  we  know. 

4  Now,  Lord,  before  we  part, 
Help  us  to  bless  thy  name  : 

Let  every  tongue  and  every  heart 
Adore  and  praise  the  same. 

33  *  389 


PARTING. 

466.  L  M. 

Closing  Hymn. 

1  Father,  once  more  let  grateful  praise 

And  humble  prayer  to  thee  ascend  ; 
Thou  Guide  and  Guardian  of  our  ways, 
Our  early  and  our  only  Friend. 

2  Since  every  day  and  hour  that 's  gone 

Has  been  with  mercy  richly  crowned, 
Mercy,  we  know,  shall  still  flow  on, 
Forever  sure,  as  time  rolls  round. 

3  Hear,  then,  the  parting  prayers  we  pour, 

And  bind  our  hearts  in  love  alone ; 
And  if  we  meet  on  earth  no  more, 
May  we  at  last  surround  thy  throne. 

Anon. 


467.  S-  M. 

Christian  Fellowship. 

1  Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love  ! 

The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

2  Before  our  Father's  throne 
We  pour  our  ardent  prayers  ; 

Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims,  are  one,  ■ 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

390 


PASTING. 

->     We  Bhare  our  mutual  woes, 

( )iir  inutual  burdens  bear  ; 
And  often  for  cadi  other  flows 
The  sympathizing  tear. 

i     When  we  are  called  to  part. 

It  Lri\«-  qs  mutual  pain  : 
But  we  shall  still  be  joined  in  heart. 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 

5     This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 
While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

5     From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
From  sin.  we  shall  he  free  : 
And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 

Fawceti. 


391 


DOXOLOGIES. 


L.  H. 


To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

The  God  whom  earth  and  heaven  adore, 

Be  glory  as  it  was  of  old, 

Is  now,  and  shall  be  evermore  ! 


L.  31. 


Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below  ! 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  host ! 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  -Holy  Ghost ! 


7  s.  M. 

Sing  we  to  our  God  above 
Praise  eternal  as  his  love ; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  heavenly  host,  — 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost ! 

392 


DOXOLOGIES. 


s  :  A  i  b.  >i 


( i  beat  Jehoi  al).  we  adore  thee, 
God  the  Father,  ( rod  th<    S  a, 

Grod  the  Spirit,  joined  in  glory 
( )n  the  same  etei  nal  throne  ; 
Endless  praist  - 

To  Jehovah.  Three  in  One  ! 


8  it  7  s.  M. 
Benediction. 

1  May  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour, 

And  the  Father's  boundless  love, 
With  the  Holy  Spirit's  favor, 
Rest  upon  us  from  above. 

2  Thus  may  we  abide  in  union 

With  each  other  and  the  Lord, 
And  possess,  in  sweet  communion, 
Joys  which  earth  cannot  afford. 

Xewtox. 

6  &  4  s.  31. 

To  God.  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 

All  praise  he  given  ! 
Crown  him  in  every  song  : 
To  him  vour  hearts  belong  ; 
Let  all  his  praise  prolong 

On  earth,  in  heaven  ! 

303 


DOXOLOGIES. 


C.  M. 


Let  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  be  adored, 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  him  known 

Or  saints  to  love  the  Lord. 


CM. 

To  father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  whom  we  adore, 

Be  glory  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  be  evermore. 


S.  M. 

To  God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  glory  be, 
As  was,  and  is,  and  shall  remain 
Through  all  eternity ! 


H.  M. 

To  God  the  Father's  throne 

Your  highest  honors  raise  ; 
Glory  to  God  the  Son, 

To  God  the  Spirit  praise : 
With  all  our  powers,     Thy  name  we  sing, 
Eternal  King  !  While  faith  adores. 

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